Suu Kyi 's Story Is One That Will Never Be Forgotten

The new government was continuously challenged by communists and under-represented ethnic groups. Home to one of the largest diversity of ethnic groups, it was extremely challenging to please all. With demands of, “protection of ethnic culture, language, and religion, the devolution of tangible executive, legislative, and judicial power to the ethnic states within a true federal union, and a democratic form of government” (ConflictMap.org) not met, the ethnic groups turned to violence. As a result, Burma experienced intense periods of civil war which devastated and destabilized the country even further. As the economy collapsed, U Nu was forced out of office by General Ne Win in order to “restore law and order”. U Nu was re-elected in February 1960, but two years later on March 2nd 1962, Ne Win seized power in a coup d'état and proclaimed himself to be Burma’s new military

In the words of Aristotle, “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self”, meaning that the true battle is the one waged inside ones’ soul (Aristotle). Amidst the inhuman slaughter of the Rwandan Holocaust Immaculée Ilibagiza found herself facing such a struggle as Aristotle spoke of. In the year 1994 Hutu extremists finally took action against the Tutsis after a plane carrying the Hutu president Habyarimana was shot down. In less than a year more than 800,000 Rwandans were killed and, for Hutus and Tutsis alike, life would never be the same. In her book, Left to Tell, Immaculée Ilibagiza discovers how to keep her faith in a time when doing so seems impossible as well as how to forgive the killers who took everything from her.

Knowing that there was the possibility that they would never see their daughter again after she returned to China, my great-grandparents pleaded my grandmother to stay in Hong Kong. However, my grandmother knew by doing so she would be regarded as an anti-revolutionist, and her husband would be persecuted for her actions. Once again she was separated from her parents.

Aung San Suu Kyi is a visionary that fights for Burma, her country, believing that people should fight for democracy and freedom through non-violent movements. She had a clear knowledge of her government and the government that she wanted for her people. As Aung Dan Suu said, it is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it (page 682). In order to bring this matter to the reader’s attention, Aung San Suu employs several rhetorical strategies. She uses the three main rhetorical devices: ethos, pathos, and logos to provide expert opinions on the subject. Through the text “Freedom from fear”, she made her ideas clear and define for

Even with her previous experiences at Beijing University and at Big Joy Farm, Wong still held some belief that the Chinese system wasn’t as bad as it was sometimes made out to be. This event proved to her that it was. “The enormity of the massacre hit home…Although it had been years since I was a Maoist, I still had harbored some small hope for China. Now even that was gone” (259). As a reporter Wong was able to view the progression of the protests in leading up to the massacre, and in viewing it understood that the Chinese people were much more independent than they had previously demonstrated over the past 50 years. She had continuously seen the Chinese people following what they were told between learning in school or with physical labor, yet this protest was one of the first large scale displays of the unacceptance of the regime by the people, and the government did not know what to do with it. But because of this, Wong was able to recognize that the people were not reliant on this way of life that they had previously been bound to, but truly could lead for themselves and take control. The massacre awakened Wong both to the reality that the government was not acting to benefit the people, and that the people were more than capable of acting for

Everyone in China was indoctrinated to look up to the P.L.A. from when they were very. The P.L.A. were seen as heroes and when they came to visit Xin-hua's school the children called them Shu-Shu, which meant Uncle. On the night of June 4th everyone's life was traumatized, but she still had enough strength to keep going in spite of the feeling of devastation. The government had used the people's army against the people; this did not weaken her resolve. In a male dominated society it could be deemed strangle for a woman to be involved in political disobedience. Xin-hua's plan to see Alex and the tapes safely to Canada would require a lot of physical effort. Her physical ability was put to the test when pedaling the che away from a P.L.A. checkpoint. She was so close to accomplishing their goal when she was brutally killed. She died believing that if her country was governed properly the lives of her people could be improved. She had seen many of her friends, classmates and teachers slain by the P.L.A., but had been immensely determined to stand up for what the students believed in, even though she knew it could cost her life. It was her heroic determination to proliferate change within the government that caused her to go on, to help Alex and to give her life. Alex was affected badly by her death because they had become close and he respected her because of her beliefs. He respected the love and determination she had

She also writes of her experience with Maoism, which she had worshipped as a student before realizing the harsh realities and witnessing the Tiananmen Square Massacre. In one event, a fellow student had asked her to help flee the country but under the influence of Maoism, Wong turned her in to the authorities. She writes she still does not know what happened to the distressed woman after she turned her in. Throughout her book, it is evident that she regrets some of her actions that were misguided under the notion that it was for the better, although she says it was a major part of her life so she doesn’t know if she would change what happened or

The next two decades of Pol Pot’s life are best characterized by his endless political maneuvering within the Cambodian Communist movement. Having struggled to gain independence from French colonialism during the 1940’s, and again during the First Indochina War of the 1950’s, there were already several prominent Communist factions active in Cambodia upon Pol Pot’s return to his country. His initial task as a clandestine operative of the Marxist Circle was to evaluate each of these factions, and to rise to power in the most promising

Burma fought with the British in 1945 to prevent Japanese invaders from entering Burma during World War II. Aung San, leader of an anti-fascist movement popular since the struggle in Japan, built a military and political base to negotiate with Britain. According to Dulcinea, he was temporarily in charge of the government which stirred conflicts in Burmese ethnic groups, yet he proved to unify the nationalist movement. Fortunately, San signed a deal granting Burma independence from the British in 1947. However before the deal went into full swing, San and cabinet members were assassinated. These mournful deaths halted the advancement towards independence. In the midst of the 1988 unrest, Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of Aung Sun, returned to Burma to care for her mother. She remained in Burma due to her sudden interest in politics. On

Her ancestors were considered shameful and anti-communist. After the revolution started, she was denied many opportunities. She had to work hard to protect her family and clear her name of her ancestors’ “crimes”. On the other hand, nothing has been denied to me based on ancestry or family history. Here in the United States, an overwhelmingly capitalist country, no one will prosecute you for being anti-communist. Another difference is in our lifestyle and living conditions. Ji-li lived in a large apartment with a housekeeper, and bought food and provisions from a large marketplace or smaller stores. Here in modern-day America, I live in a house in a and live a very different, consumer lifestyle. We can get our food and goods from the supermarket down the road, or the Costco down the highway. Or even online—the internet has changed the way goods, people, and information move around the world. In Red Scarf

She tried to give her brother a better afterlife even if that meant breaking the law. The last non-violent incident happened on June 4th and the name is Tiananmen Square. College students wanted the government to turn to democracy and not be a communist government anymore. It was a peaceful strike and almost a million people came to protest in Beijing. The top figure leaders came to debate and on the morning of June 4th, 1989 the chinese troops opened fired on the civilians.

The British greatly weakened politics in Burma. When the British invaded Burma, troops burned down villages and suppressed dissent with mass executions. British colonial rule used the principle of ‘divide and rule.’ ‘Divide and rule’ divided the country into separate areas based on nationality. The colonial administration relied heavily on Indian bureaucrats to impose their interests. The British ended Burma’s monarchy and sent their king Thibaw into exile because he provoked a dispute with a British timber company. Britain wanted control of Burma to protect its possessions in India and to gain a land route to China. The British incorporated Burma into India, and Burma became known as ‘Further India.’ The British imposed colonial rule in 1886; the Burmese

In July 1988, decline in economic conditions led to large-scale and bloody rioting in cities in Burma. In Sept 1988, the army under General U.Saw Maung replaced the Government with the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), a group of military officers. In 1990, SLORC proposed a new government and allowed free elections with the confidence that it would win, but 80% of the seats were won by the civilian opposition party led by Suu Kyi. But it refused to turn over the power to the civilian government. It outlawed

In this paper I shall discuss arguably the two most important democratic events in recent Asian history, Tiananmen Square protests and Kwang-Ju uprisings. Both of these happenings started as student movements but widened their message to appeal to other citizens. In China, the people had witnessed the failed cultural revolution of Mao Zedong and its economic negatives. The people of China were ready for a change which opened the door to professors and students to be the harbingers of the democratic movement. South Korea Government also had its problems. First their leader was assassinated then a military coup took control. Many people in South Korea protested that the military’s Government was illegitimate. With a short time

The leaders include the president of Burma, Thein Sein, and a famous politician of the country, Aung San Suu Kyi. The two groups comprise of the Sangha, which is a community of Buddhist monks, and the Rakhine Nationalities Development Group (RNDG), which is a political party in Myanmar. In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize for forming the National League for Democracy and coincidently disapproved of violence and hoped that all ethnic groups could “cooperate in harmony.” Since then, she has denied any evidence of an ethnic cleansing, when asked about it in an interview and she has talked about the Rohingya Muslims, stating that “They are not our citizens.” The president, Thein Sein, has done many things to contribute to the ethnic cleansing. He has come up with ideas to end the ethnic cleansing, such as “expelling” the muslims from the country or getting the United Nations to “resettle” them somewhere else.