Perhaps the strongest indication that change may at last be under way in Burma came on 19 August. It was not Aung San Suu Kyi’s meeting with President Thein Sein, though that was surprising enough. What made jaws drop was what followed: dinner for Aung San Suu Kyi, hosted by the president’s wife.
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