Detail The F-word; Ethnic Strife   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 407 no. 8837 (May 2013), page SS11-SS12. Topik: Minority & Ethnic Violence; Politics; Social Conditions & Trends Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.76 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel From the moment of its birth in 1948 Myanmar has been riven by civil conflict, mainly between the majority Burmans that occupy the country's central low-lying plain and the hill peoples on its periphery. Myanmar is an artificial product of colonial rule, its borders drawn largely for the convenience of British administrators. The Kachin, Chin, Shan and many other ethnic groups never wanted to share a country with the Burmans; within the newly independent Myanmar, they agreed to do so only on the basis of the Panglong Agreement between them and General Aung San in 1947. This promised "full autonomy in internal administration for the frontier areas", envisaged the creation of a separate Kachin state and guaranteed that "citizens of the frontier areas shall enjoy rights and privileges which are regarded as fundamental in democratic countries." The Panglong Agreement was meant to be the glue to hold together one of Asia's most ethnically diverse countries. But the ethnic minorities say that from the moment the majority-Burman government took over in 1948 it began to chip away at the accord. The reformers in Thein Sein's government know that ethnic violence could undermine everything they want to achieve. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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