Activists marked 20th anniversary of '8888' uprising across

Activists across the globe on August 8, 2008 held a series of activities as an observation of the 20th anniversary of the popular pro-democracy uprising known as '8888' uprising. On August 8, 1988, student-led protestors put and end to Burma's one party socialist system and demanded for multi-party democracy system. But the military, which took power in yet another coup, brutally crushed the movement killing at least3, 000 protestors.
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[BrunoM130]

You have to tell the Chinese government not to support the junta. They do that for both political and economic reasons. The same is true to a lesser degree with India and Thailand. In a twisted way, Chinese do not mind economic sanctions by the West, because they can then control Burma better

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