Clinton urges Burma (Myanmar) to deepen reforms, announces modest US moves (The Christian Science Monitor)

What a difference two years makes.Since Burma’s junta in March 2011 allowed a nominally civilian government led by President Thein Sein, who had previously served as a general and then prime minister under the junta, Western governments and energy companies have been flocking to the previously isolated country. Hillary Clinton made the first visit by a U.S.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.The paragraphs below come courtesy of Mark Mobius, Chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group.Myanmar, once known as Burma, has democracy standing on its doorstep.

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged Tunisia's new leadership to restore order and adopt broad economic and political reforms in the wake of the popular revolt that overthrew the North African nation's authoritarian president.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling on China to embrace political reforms and assume the responsibilities of being a world power in the 21st century.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton clearly aimed her remarks in Hong Kong on Monday at Beijing’s leaders without explicitly criticizing China.

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