"Shin Ukkaṭṭha” in local periodicals, newspapers, journals, and history is recognized as “the revolutionary thinker and monk of Burma." Given the number of norms he has broken in his life, he certainly deserved the label. Even those who opposed his interpretation of Buddhism have ultimately come to the conclusion that, despite the criticism, they are left with no other option than to either "become the laughing stock" or "adopt the interpretation of Shin Ukkaṭṭha" in order to appropriate Buddhism in light of modern knowledge, science, and education. Buddhism in Burma had to undergo significant change, particularly in the twenty-first century, to avoid becoming the laughing stock of the country's youthful and intelligent populace. Many of the concepts stated by "Shin Okkahta," which had previously been suppressed, had to be resurrected by today's progressive Buddhist monks.
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The Day the Burma Road Between Myanmar and China Opened
The Day the Burma Road Between Myanmar and China Opened
Somewhere on the Burma Road / US Army Center of Military History / public domain via Wikimedia Commons
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By Wei Yan Aung 10 January 2021
YANGON On this day in 1939, the Burma Road, a transport route linking Myanmar (then Burma) with southwest China was officially opened. It was built while Myanmar was a British colony to convey military supplies from Britain and the US to Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalist government of China, which was at war with invading Japanese forces.
The 716-mile-long (1,152 km) road linking Kunming in China and Lashio in Myanmar’s Shan State took some 300,000 workers around 19 months to build at a cost of £375,000 (nearly £25 million, or about 45 billion kyats, in today’s money).