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Myanmar, a Vento Aureo without the main protagonist

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Vento Aureo is the Part 5 of Hirohiko Araki's famous masterpiece JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , a manga that centres around the main characters belonging to the Joestar family fighting against supernatural enemies in real life (with Part 7 and 8 representing alternative timeline), with a significant star mark on their bodies as a sign. Initially intended to end the series after Part 3, Araki has to reset his works after the manga reached a level of popularity unmatched to his initial low expectation. As for 2021, he has already announced he will begin Part 9, temporarily titled JOJOLANDS , but which scenario is for us to guess. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's popularity is also worth noting because it is the best-selling manga in the history by average sales, with over 0.76 million each volumes. As for Vento Aureo, or Golden Wind in Italian, the story takes place in Italy by the year of 2001, twenty years before the Myanmar uprising. The story is about the prodigal son of alre...

Why Viettel will not pay attention to the rising boycott against its brand in Myanmar

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Speaking about Viettel, one of the major telecommunication brand Vietnamese tend to feel associated and proud of recent years, the Vietnamese regime can also feel relieved about the successes of Viettel since it's operated by the Ministry of Defence, through privatisation talk has been ongoing. The Communist Party of Vietnam has been whitewashing its image to brand itself as a major partner. But this is changing. The coup d'état in February 1st by the Tatmadaw, or Burmese Armed Forces, put Viettel in jeopardy. Yet despite the deteriorating situation in Myanmar and the fear of losing revenues, the Vietnamese regime has not just silently sided with the Myanmar Generals but also appeared confidently believing, in secret, that, Myanmar would restore to stability so the Vietnamese government's investors to come back and exploit the resources. So, why won't Viettel pay attention to it? Viettel's quiet rise The company was founded in 1989 as a construction company as Vietn...

Chinese regime's reaction in Myanmar's protest is not a surprise. It's a reflection of a greater paranoia of the dictatorship

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In the mid of March 2021, more than thirty Chinese factories were set ablaze by unknown assailants. Shortly aftermath, the Chinese government and its embassy in Myanmar condemned the arson attacks, accusing the perpetrators of being "instigated by the West". The condemnation possibly drew into the protesters, who are actively fighting against the junta since the 1 February coup. In the end, it was mocked by many Burmese online users for its hypocrisy. Yet, the reaction of China is nothing surprising. In fact, it is revealing the true paranoia of a totalitarian regime. China, now the world's most powerful dictatorship, is facing an unwanted challenge in Myanmar. Despite its attempts to whitewash history, the protest in Myanmar makes me questioning back what is China behaving, for certain. This is definitely not the only moment we see China's grotesque propaganda methods, it also helps us to see the maniac level of the Chinese regime: a regime that is paranoid of everyt...