But business periodicals are asked to avoid publishing articles critical of the junta’s economic mismanagement. So, even business magazines cannot escape from heavy-handed censorship laws. As the generals practice information blackout in the country, Burmese people say they have little idea of what’s going on in other provinces.
“We don’t even know the nature of the government. . . I have no idea who is running the country,” one Mandalay-resident joked.
[This article was written by Sai Lu. Sources: The Nation, Bangkok Post]