[Matters present] Zhou Haolin x Chen Qiming x Weng Wanying: What I saw in Yangon, what I experienced in Myanmar

• Date: 4/4 Sunday 22:00-23:30 (Taipei time 22:00, Yangon time 20:30)
• Moderator: Zhang Jieping (Founder of Matters)
• Speaker: Zhou Haolin Thompson Chau (former chief reporter of The Myanmar Times, now a special correspondent of Frontier Myanmar)
• Talks: Chen Qiming (Myanmar overseas Chinese, Burmese teacher of Soochow University Promotion Department), Weng Wanying (independent contributor, comments and interviews scattered in various media)
• Language: Mandarin
• Clubhouse event link: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/P9YB5XDX

Since the military launched the coup on February 1 in Myanmar, people have protested in the streets and the military has shot down. On March 27, "Myanmar Military Day", the bloodiest repression has been staged so far. Hundreds were killed and hundreds injured.

Two months after the coup, the situation has become more and more tense, and there is still no possibility of ending. The military enforces strong media control, including searching independent media, arresting journalists, and not granting visas to foreign journalists. In addition, the military cut off the nationwide wireless network in mid-March. The recording work of journalists still in Myanmar is even more important.

In the first episode of the "Matters Present" series, Thompson Chau, former chief correspondent and deputy editor of the English edition of "Myanmar Times" and now contributing editor and business director of "Myanmar Frontline", was invited to share his observations on the coup and the scene. Interview news.

"Myanmar Times" is the only unofficial English-language daily in Myanmar. During Thompson's tenure, he was in charge of covering Myanmar's general election at the end of 2020. The current "Myanmar Front" is a fairly well-known English-language independent investigative reporting media. He also contributes to international media such as Nikkei Asia, Financial Times and The Economist. Since the coup d'état, Myanmar's wireless network and mobile network have been blocked by the military, and external communication has often been unstable. Therefore, this connection is hard-won and is a very precious sharing.

There were also two other people in the same session. The first was Chen Qiming, an overseas Chinese from Myanmar. He graduated from Yangon University of Foreign Studies. After returning to Taiwan four years ago to complete his military service, he stayed in Taiwan to engage in Burmese language teaching and translation and other related work. "Learn Burmese with Teacher Amin" fan page.

The second is an independent writer @王万英 ( click to follow and support the author), who has frequently traveled to Taiwan, India and Myanmar in the past ten years. Since the Burmese coup, she has continuously organized on-the-spot information and posted it on Facebook and Matters. So far, she has accumulated tens of thousands of words, and has become an important source of information for Chinese readers to understand the current situation in Myanmar. Related works are scattered in "Key Review Network", "Asia Weekly", "Duan Media" and "Reporter", etc.

This discussion will focus on the following aspects:

1. Why is there a coup in Myanmar? How do outsiders understand the coup in Myanmar?
2. Reporter Yangon on-site observation: How did the people live under the coup? How can a reporter report in such a situation?
3. What key roles did economic instruments and the business community play in this coup and protests?
4. Is there any possibility of resolving the current impasse? What are the positions of neighboring countries and the United Nations?
5. Prediction of the future situation

This sharing will take the form of a dialogue, and listeners who care about Myanmar issues are welcome to join the discussion at any time!

There are also many sharing records and wonderful discussions about Myanmar on the Matters station. The authors come from all over the world. We welcome all authors who care about Myanmar. In addition to voice, you can also use text to record your observations and thoughts.

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 Matters' "Recording the Scene" series invites reporters and recorders who are in the news scene to share their personal testimony. This series will continue to be held, please follow Matters official account @Matty for details.