Boom Town Spectacular

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The China/Burma border town where a minority rules... "...Thousands of Shan people are packed into the temple grounds, singing at a volume so intense, that the notes reverberate through the nearby hills...It?s the Shan New Year celebration and I am in Muse, across from the Chinese town of Ruili, on the famous Burma Road. Like many border towns, it?s a strange place full of trading houses, karaoke joints and brothels. It is also the most important border crossing between Burma and China..."

Creator/author: 

Ampika Jirat

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 14, No.2

Date of Publication: 

2006-02-00

Date of entry: 

2006-05-01

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Language: 

English

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