Good good! Let the exodus to Lemmy begin!

Or did Norway choose not to participate? Their absence is curious.

Falling birth rates are bad news for economies and billionaires, but good news for the planet.

Thai PM has warned Burmese over illegal entry as per this post here. Historically, Thailand is where Burmese exiles have always escaped to during political strife. During British occupation of Burma, hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees lived in Thailand and formed a guerilla army that successfully participated in the liberation of Burma. Soon after independence different political and ethnic factions within the Burmese army that was created from merging the Burmese guerilla army with the British-trained colonial army mutinied into a civil war, refugees have streamed into Thailand on an annual basis. UN and international humanitarian agencies have long operated on the Thai-Burmese border for decades providing economic boost in those marginal regions to Thailand. Finally Thailand has <1% unemployment and has long welcomed and recruited Burmese expat workers currently estimated to be around 4 million, half of them believed to be illegal. This additional influx is a somewhat of a welcome boost.

link it next time you see an article. otherwise people will not see it.

Yes China only cares about their economic interests.

updated

SOLVED: My language selection was on “undetermined”. This excluded all the posts and users who had selected “english”. I was playing around with the settings and DELETED ALL language preferences. That allowed all the posts and comments to appear again.

I don’t see any problems when logged out. In fact I can now see many more posts on lemmy world site.

I logged out and went to Lemmy.world world news. I can now see that MOST of the POSTS on Lemmy.world are HIDDEN when I visit it logged in. So it’s not just the comments but posts as well!

No way really? That’s weird! I can’t see 90% of the comments on almost any other instances, like .world and .ml.

I’ll check.

So I don’t seem to have any issues with posts made on lemmy.ca, my local instance. It’s elsewhere, like Lemmy.world where I can’t see majority of comments. For instance, this post has 40 comments but I only see 5.

yes that’s always been my preferred languages

as far as I know yes

computer

It’s been that way for me ever since I came on Lemmy. I figured bugs or something so I have waited for months but just thought I’d ask.

While they are not yet an official combatant they are supplying arms to the other guerillas as is China. I used the Wa State Army as evidence of Chinese relationship to the guerilla armies in Myanmar. It is also well documented and they flout their Chinese relationship internationally. China has an equally imbedded relationship with other guerilla armies.

To the long time observers in the region it is well known that China has long been supplying weapons to the guerillas operating in Myanmar since after WWII. There is a long history of China’s active involvement in Burma which started with Communist Party of Burma (wiki link provided). China trained the communist guerillas of Burma. Once Communist Party of Burma (CPB) collapsed into its ethnic factions, their relationship with Beijing continued. The largest private armed organization or faction that broke off from CPB is the United Wa State Army with a standing count of 30,000 soldiers, the world’s largest private army - as big or bigger than armed forces of some countries including Sweden, Belgium, Georgia, Portugal. China sent an OFFICIAL representative to Wa State Army parade as an indication of how close the relationship is.[https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3006575/masters-our-destiny-myanmars-25000-united-wa-state-army]. Well known defense magazine Janes Weekly wrote an article of Chinese military equipment on display at the parade [https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/united-wa-state-army-military-parade-showcases-ongoing-modernisation#:~:text=Other modern Chinese infantry weapon,mounted 12.7 mm QJZ89 heavy]. Interestingly, the official currency and language in Wa State is the Yuan and Mandarin.

Recently in 2021, China has resuscitated Communist Party of Burma and its military wing People Liberation Army and they are active once again.

Article stating Indian government suspects Chinese helping guerilla groups on its border with Myanmar, outlining Beijing’s links to the guerilla armies in Myanmar: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-helping-rebel-groups-on-myanmar-border-india/articleshow/79601798.cms]

China also has been the main supplier of arms to Burmese military for decades. In the last 10 years under current Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing who was formerly the chief of staff of armed forces, Burmese military has complained of the reliability issues with Chinese weapons and have begun to seek alternative sources elsewhere - mainly Russia, but also India. Here are articles indicating who’s arming the illegitimate Junta in Myanmar: [(https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/9/16/who-is-selling-weapons-to-myanmar)] [https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-weapons-russia-china-singapore-05bd26bc54df8bc682ee1143f0f36a5e]

To the long time observers in the region it is well known that China has long been supplying weapons to the guerillas operating in Myanmar since after WWII. There is a long history of China’s active involvement in Burma which started with Communist Party of Burma (wiki link provided). China trained the communist guerillas of Burma. Once Communist Party of Burma (CPB) collapsed into its ethnic factions, their relationship with Beijing continued. The largest private armed organization or faction that broke off from CPB is the United Wa State Army with a standing count of 30,000 soldiers, the world’s largest private army - as big or bigger than armed forces of some countries including Sweden, Belgium, Georgia, Portugal. China sent an OFFICIAL representative to Wa State Army parade as an indication of how close the relationship is.[https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3006575/masters-our-destiny-myanmars-25000-united-wa-state-army]. Well known defense magazine Janes Weekly wrote an article of Chinese military equipment on display at the parade [https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/united-wa-state-army-military-parade-showcases-ongoing-modernisation#:~:text=Other modern Chinese infantry weapon,mounted 12.7 mm QJZ89 heavy]. Interestingly, the official currency and language in Wa State is the Yuan and Mandarin.

Recently in 2021, China has resuscitated Communist Party of Burma and its military wing People Liberation Army and they are active once again.

Article stating Indian government suspects Chinese helping guerilla groups on its border with Myanmar, outlining Beijing’s links to the guerilla armies in Myanmar: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-helping-rebel-groups-on-myanmar-border-india/articleshow/79601798.cms]

China also has been the main supplier of arms to Burmese military for decades. In the last 10 years under current Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing who was formerly the chief of staff of armed forces, Burmese military has complained of the reliability issues with Chinese weapons and have begun to seek alternative sources elsewhere - mainly Russia, but also India. Here are articles indicating who’s arming the illegitimate Junta in Myanmar: [(https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/9/16/who-is-selling-weapons-to-myanmar)] [https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-weapons-russia-china-singapore-05bd26bc54df8bc682ee1143f0f36a5e]