The US continues its strategy of encircling & containing China. In recent years it is less encirclement and containing as it is trying to burn everything down around China and provoke it into a conflict the US thinks it can still win. <br /><br />Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic discuss the ongoing crisis in Myanmar & Thailand, & how they are connected to Taiwan and this overarching US strategy. <br /><br />References<br /><br />Myanmar<br /><br />NED - Burma 2020:<br /><a href="https://www.ned.org/region/asia/burma-2020/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.ned.org/region/asia/burma-2020/</a><br />Myanmar Now - Myanmar’s shadow government launches plan to tax business owners:<br /><a href="https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmars-shadow-government-launches-plan-to-tax-business-owners" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmars-shadow-government-launches-plan-to-tax-business-owners</a><br />Myanmar Now - Police officer dies in Mandalay bombing near gems trading centre:<br /><a href="https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/police-officer-dies-in-mandalay-bombing-near-gems-trading-centre" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/police-officer-dies-in-mandalay-bombing-near-gems-trading-centre</a><br />Myanmar Now - School reopening greeted with criticism from parents and teachers:<br /><a href="https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/school-reopening-greeted-with-criticism-from-parents-and-teachers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/school-reopening-greeted-with-criticism-from-parents-and-teachers</a><br />Reuters - Boycott and bombings mar Myanmar's new school year: <br /><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/boycott-bombings-mar-myanmars-new-school-year-2021-06-02/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/boycott-bombings-mar-myanmars-new-school-year-2021-06-02/</a><br />Myanmar Now - Yaw resistance fighters threaten ‘serious action’ against anyone who continues to work for junta:<br /><a href="https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/yaw-resistance-fighters-threaten-serious-action-against-anyone-who-continues-to-work-for-junta" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/yaw-resistance-fighters-threaten-serious-action-against-anyone-who-continues-to-work-for-junta</a><br />Myanmar - Now - Junta-appointed administrator shot dead in Mandalay while urging people to pay electric bills: <br /><a href="https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-appointed-administrator-shot-dead-in-mandalay-while-urging-people-to-pay-electric-bills" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-appointed-administrator-shot-dead-in-mandalay-while-urging-people-to-pay-electric-bills</a><br />Columbia Journalism Review - Myanmar’s Other Reporters: <br /><a href="https://www.cjr.org/special_report/myanmars-other-reporters.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.cjr.org/special_report/myanmars-other-reporters.php</a><br />Thailand<br /><br />AP - Activists Launch Campaign for Repeal of Royal Defamation Law: <br /><a href="https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2021/11/01/activists-launch-campaign-for-repeal-of-royal-defamation-law/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2021/11/01/activists-launch-campaign-for-repeal-of-royal-defamation-law/</a><br />The Nation Thailand - iLaw launches petition for charter rewrite (2020): <br /><a href="https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30392491" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30392491</a><br />NED - Thailand 2020: <br /><a href="https://www.ned.org/region/asia/thailand-2020/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.ned.org/region/asia/thailand-2020/</a><br />iLaw - About (scroll down for English): <br /><a href="https://ilaw.or.th/about" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ilaw.or.th/about</a><br />Rfi - France's Alain Soral gets jail sentence for Holocaust denial: <br /><a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20190415-french-far-right-activist-alain-soral-sentenced-jail-holocaust-denial" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20190415-french-far-right-activist-alain-soral-sentenced-jail-holocaust-denial</a><br />Guardian - David Irving jailed for Holocaust denial: <br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/20/austria.thefarright" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/20/austria.thefarright</a><br />DW - 'Nazi Grandma' loses appeal case, sentenced to 14 months in prison for Holocaust denial: <br /><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/nazi-grandma-loses-appeal-case-sentenced-to-14-months-in-prison-for-holocaust-denial/a-41565036" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.dw.com/en/nazi-grandma-loses-appeal-case-sentenced-to-14-months-in-prison-for-holocaust-denial/a-41565036</a><br />Independent - 5 of the worst atrocities carried<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvPre7dGNg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvPre7dGNg</a>