March 15, 2016

Universities in a democratic Myanmar

Given her background and interests, this makes complete sense. It is her Oxford education that she credits with a broad-minded “respect for the best in human civilisation”.

As a result, she is at home in scholarly circles. During the 1970s and 1980s, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s life outside Burma had a distinctively academic tone.

Then, from 1988 onward, university staff and students were counted among her most ardent supporters, both at home and abroad. The National League for Democracy draws much of its activist strength from its association with Myanmar’s long history of student agitation. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)

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