Hundreds protest against China-backed mine in Myanmar
Yangon (AFP) Dec 27, 2014 - Around 500 people including dozens of Buddhist monks protested near the Chinese consulate in Myanmar's central city of Mandalay on Saturday demanding the closure of a flashpoint copper mine. It was the largest protest since the fatal shooting of a woman demonstrating against the Letpadaung mine in the northwestern town of Monywa - a Chinese backed venture dogged by complaints of land grabbi ... more
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