A brief history of Myanmar

As I mention in my last post, Myanmar is located in South East Asia and it a small country.  Myanmar has neighbor countries such as China, India, Lao, and Thailand. Out of those four countries, China and India have a lot of influence in Myanmar, from movies to cultures.  The Chinese and Indian movies and shows are broadcast every night around 8-10 pm by Myanmar national cable.        Myanmar government use to be democratic back in the 90s, however military over thrown the democratic and the country was ruled by military government ever since till recently. Recently, the military government agreed to step down and let the country be rule by civilian government. As of now, the country is ruled by civilian government but the military government still has the power in the back ground.  I won’t go into many details about politics till later posts.   Myanmar is divided into 6 different regions.  Every region dislikes one another and believes their region is a nation instead of being part of the nation. People who are from Myanmar region will call themselves Burmese but others don’t want to call themselves Burmese instead they call themselves by the name of their region. The regions are called: Chin, Shan, Kayah, Kayin, Kachin Mon, Myanmar, and Rakhaing.  I am from Myanmar region and I was born in Rangoon which was the capital city until they change it, now the capital city is Naypyidaw which is right in the center of Myanmar.  In the next post, I will explain about the regions and the cultures they have in it.