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Likewise with Myanmar, the name now used-- at least in the non-U.S.-English-speaking world--for what used to be called Burma . The official name of the country in Burmese has, since independence from Britain, been Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw , so Myanmar, it seems, is simply Burmese for Burma . This is the same phenomenon as Côte d'Ivoire . But the current Myanmarese (do I venture where angels fear to tread by coining the adjective?)
9 billion to the Philippines, Vietnam, Burma, and Indonesia--Japan has been largely unwilling to admit wrongdoing.
Kunming was also the Chinese terminus for supplies traveling down the tortuous Burma Road; milestone “0” — otherwise unmarked — can be seen on the right side of the road 21 km (13 miles) from the center of Kunming, on the edge of the Western Hills.
And as in Burma, the Philippines, and Indonesia, Japan appealed to Malay nationalism to throw off the Western imperialist yoke in a movement of Asian solidarity — an “Asia for the Asians” spearheaded by Japan’s Imperial Army.
In Yunnan Province, about 250 km (155 miles) northwest of its capital Kunming along the historic Burma Road route, is the scenic village of Dali, a favorite of independent backpackers.