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China, scam economies and the Myanmar military’s struggle for survival

  • Tin Maung Htwe,

How does a regime survive when it faces sustained armed resistance amid severe economic deterioration?

INTRODUCTION: Myanmar and the contest for political legitimacy

  • Michael G Breen, Sarah Biddulph & Terry Macdonald,

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military coup in 2021. How can a governing body with political ‘legitimacy’ be established through which the people may flourish?

INTERVIEW: ‘We are working towards a federal democratic union with authority from the people’

  • Her Excellency Daw Zin Mar Aung,

The Minister of Foreign Affairs for the National Unity Government reflects on what political legitimacy means in contemporary Myanmar.

No clean exit: The Myanmar coup left business with no choice that was free of harm

  • A/Prof. Htwe Htwe Thein,

Foreign companies in Myanmar face simultaneous and often contradictory pressures that mean there’s no ‘legitimate’ exit.

The language of the Dungan Chinese Muslims in Central Asia: Marginalisation and resilience

  • Prof. Ding Hong & Ma Hongyu,

The Dungan language of ethnic Chinese Muslims in central Asia has undergone significant change and is surviving but vulnerable.

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