Burmese Independence Buns Though it is late November it is still warm enough to be wearing sandals in northeastern Myanmar. Four of us—myself, Padang my press minder, and two officers from the War Office—sit at a sidewalk breakfast cafe. The grub offered, noodle soup and pork buns, is a reminder of… Read More
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Burmese Vegas Mong La, a gambling town dubbed a ‘City of Sin’ in the heart of the Golden Triangle, is evolving with China’s rise.
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The People’s Liberation Diet Writer Jonathan White spends one tortuous week eating nothing but Chinese military rations and lives to tell the tale.