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【转载】China’s limited role in Burma （原创周立峰）
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两年多前的旧文一篇。近来想起云南来，找出来贴在这里。My Telegraph在6月改造之后，面目全非，都不太愿意再在那里写了。Ralphsh说，写得好。 September 30th, 2007 17:13 China’s limited role in Burma One more of China’s neighbours is in trouble. This time, Burma. Suddenly, China is expected to play a role there to help the monks out of it. Reason simple: the Burmese military government maintains a “close” relation with its big neighbour. When I was a businessman, the best time I had was when I was doing business with the Burmese. I was mostly trading in Ruili, a border town thronged with shops selling all kinds of items from Burma, Thailand and India. Pakistanians came up to me with their ten fingers full of rings, three rings on each. Most of those jadeite rings were fakes. Prostitutes from many countries including my own were doing well too. Gambling across the border was big business. Trucks of candles and rubber shoes were passing through the customs every hour. Monks were on motorbikes, visiting night clubs at night and tending to the temples during the day. Money changers, mostly women from Burma, were everywhere. Exchange rates changed so quickly that I never figured out how they could manage a safe margin of security. They brought sacks and sacks of money and were selling and buying on the street. And farming was also the job for women. I was purchasing jadeite stones and rubies and sapphires from sellers of different sources. All deals were done in cash. I was adviced not to take cigarettes from anyone for fear they had been treated with heroine. I worked one hour in the morning, and one hour in the afternoon looking at those beautiful stones brought over to us to examine in a friend’s house with a simple mosque in the backyard. I remember his wife, a fine lady of around 60. The couple was Islamic. 2 years later, I was told the woman “was sent home”. They divorced. I liked the food there. The Burmese had a special way of doing fish and chicken, with lots of exotic spices. Marvellous cuisine. Some told me it was Thai. Some told me the soup was done with poppy seeds and that was why it was so delicious. I had soup all the time. One dish was fish with sour bamboo shoots and peppers. I had one of those each day. Poppy seeds in it? I never knew for sure. And the poppy flowers were so beautiful. Dangerously. And the Burmese didn’t trust the Chinese. They complained the Chinese governemt was too harsh in placing high import tariffs on their stones. “Thais are a lot better. We pay 200 yuan for each kilo on the border and that makes everything legal. That’s why we risk our lives to carry gems to Chiang Mai and the market there is blooming.” One customer said angrily.That high tariff was a wrong policy. I hated it too. 35%, while the sellers accepted Chinese money! Chiang Mai quickly became a centre for gems trading. The trend still goes on. When the world is looking to China as a mediator or any positive role in the current crisis, Beijing doesn’t understand the Burmese. And they are not trusted either. China is expected to play a role because it’s big and has a lot of interest in the warring region. But don’t expect too much. Unless Beijing can learn from Bangkok, I don’t see much can be done between the two governments that seem to be in close relations. There never are any close relations. Chinese have a working relationship with their border provinces to fight drugs. But those relationships never look good to Rangoon because those provinces are almost independant, with their own armies. Democracy in Burma? I guess it’s too early. It’s still a country in loose ties and parts. It’s still poor, even compared to China. But the Burmese are very smart people. China will not be able to inluence the military government there very much. But I do hope that China can help ease the tension by interfering. Killing is not domestic affairs. It’s internationally recognised as a crime. http://my.telegraph.co.uk/china_ ... ited_role_in_Burma/ |
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