Burmese Business

Burma and Sudan. Two nations that have recently – as in, hour by hour = had a history of human rights abuses. What do they have in common, beyond grinding away at a beleaguered population? China, an Asiatic giant that is inviting the world to its door in less than a year.
In fact, as was noted in the Washington Post, China's start date for the Olympics is August 8, which happens to be the same date in 1988 that the Burmese junta brutally put down a student-led protest, killing an estimated 3,000 people, not exactly the historical precedent Chinese PR might be looking for.