Questions:
1) What key event happened in 1947, as depicted early in the film, and how do you feel this may have affected the young Aung San Suu Kyi’s attitude toward politics in her later life?
In 1947, Kyi was only 2 years old when her father led a movement for the independence of Burma. Named Aung San, her father paved the way for the independence of Burma. However, shortly after the independence, he was assassinated along with his several colleagues. The people who assassinated him were masked and in proper uniforms.
After the incident, Kyi was sent to England, however, this incident would have made her revengeful that she used in a positive sense to support democracy and betterment of Burma.
2) Why did Aung San Suu Kyi return to Burma in 1988, and how did she become involved in the political situation there? Why do you think she became involved, even though she had not previously been involved in politics?
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However, when her mother fell ill, she was forced to return to Burma in 1988. On her return she saw many people in hospital and surroundings who not only praised and remembered her father but also were injured and shattered after the 8888 Uprising. This made Kyi felt conscious of how badly these people need a change and reform in Burma for their actual independence.
3) What key event happened in 1990, and what were the reactions of Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters, as well as the reaction of the military rulers?
In 1990, elections were held in Burma where Kyi and her party won by majority. While Kyi and her supporters were happy and confident of their win and probable reforms, the military refused to accept the results of elections. She was put under house arrest while her family including husband and children were banned to enter Burma. She spent a decade in house arrest.
4) What key event happened to Aung San Suu Kyi and her family in
During her time as ruler, she created schools for the Hawaiian youth. She cared a lot for her country and is said to be the most devoted ruler of her country. When she came into power, her country was in economic and political distress. Her brother
After the one year was up of her volunteering, she came back to the United States. She had previously planned on it only being a year long trip and she wanted to honor her father and mother and do what she had committed to. But inside she says that she felt as if that was so wrong to leave. It started to become so apparent to her that Uganda was not a year, Uganda was what God was calling her to for
After Daniel visited her in her new life in China after she was deported, she realized that she still didn’t feel at home, leading to her moving to Hong
This week in Democracy in troubled times, we spent most of our time watching a video called Tiananmen Square Declassified. This video was very unsettling. On June 4, 1989 there was a terrible riot in Chinas Tiananmen square. Students were huddling around soldiers, the Kernel in charge was trying to form an agreement for the students to leave, and if they did that their troops wouldn’t shoot.
In 2010, A coup was attempted by supporters of the ousted president. This followed the first election under the new constitution which didn’t give an outright winner. In 2011, there was a peaceful election that resulted in the winner having sixty percent of the vote. Since 2012, there has been a lot of issues such as political corruption, suicide bombings, and state treason. They do have another election in October 2017.
On 1988 she had returned to her home. Burma in a time where protesters were executed by the military, she openly spoke out against the dictator despite the fact that she could be killed by the order of U Ne win. She was placed under house arrest and told that if she agreed to leave she would be freed. According to Biography.com’s article on Aung San Suu Kyi “she refused to do so, insisting that her struggle would continue until the junta released the country to a civilian government…” With this she proved to everyone that she is not only credible, but appealed to her fellow people’s feelings about the junta, proving her will and compassion for this goal, and caught the attention of outside sources.
When it comes to her thoughts about Burma’s governments, Kyi shows a good amount of planning and knowledge when talking about economic growth. She states that: “Public dissatisfaction with economic hardships has been seen as the chief cause of the movement in Burma, sparked off by the student demonstrations of 1988.” (page682).
She born during the same place and time period where in between April to September 1965, military and civilian supporters of the former President, Juan Bosch, were trying to overthrow President Donald Reid Cabral and stop military dictatorship which created political chaos.
On June 5, 1989, soldiers and tanks from China's People’s Liberation Army physically oppressed the student led protesters. The events surrounding this day are referred to as the Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989, a democracy movement calling for political and social reforms in the Republic of China. The deaths that occurred as a consequence of the Tiananmen Square Protest was not the fault of the students, but rather, the disastrous situation of China beforehand, the common belief that demonstrations would succeed, and the government’s obstinate decisions.
She was initially reluctant to this, as she wanted to stay in Iran and see things through until they got better, but eventually she realized that this would be the best option, as it really was not safe in Iran for her at that time. By leaving the country and pursuing a skill that she could utilize both as a career path and a form of activism was in itself a form of activism against the social constructs of education in
The Tiananmen Square Protests, otherwise known as the June Fourth incident, was a series of student led protests and demonstrations in Beijing, China during the spring of 1989. The protests were driven by goals to eliminate corruption within the Communist Party and promote democratic ideals such as freedom of speech, freedom of press and social equality. At the height of the protest from June 3-4, hundreds of thousands of students gathered around Tiananmen Square to protest, prompting military mobilization and resulting in unprecedented bloodshed. Though deemed by the Chinese government as a counter revolutionary act, the Tiananmen Square Protest remains an important event in shaping the political and social state of China today. Not only was the the protest instrumental in exposing the deep division within China’s political leadership, it also revealed that the future of China, comprised of students and intellectuals, was striving for a more democratic nation. With that being said, a highly debated question remains as to whether the Tiananmen Square Protest has led to more democracy in China, and how the event has influenced China’s political progress. On the contrary, the protest had a rather paradoxical impact on China’s regime. Rather than ending the rigid regime in place and bringing rise to democracy, Tiananmen led to the strengthening of the Communist party. The protests resulted
The leaders include the president of Burma, Thein Sein, and a famous politician of the country, Aung San Suu Kyi. The two groups comprise of the Sangha, which is a community of Buddhist monks, and the Rakhine Nationalities Development Group (RNDG), which is a political party in Myanmar. In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize for forming the National League for Democracy and coincidently disapproved of violence and hoped that all ethnic groups could “cooperate in harmony.” Since then, she has denied any evidence of an ethnic cleansing, when asked about it in an interview and she has talked about the Rohingya Muslims, stating that “They are not our citizens.” The president, Thein Sein, has done many things to contribute to the ethnic cleansing. He has come up with ideas to end the ethnic cleansing, such as “expelling” the muslims from the country or getting the United Nations to “resettle” them somewhere else.
Her view on the importance of education for girls in her country, but not only on her country. “I speak not for myself but for those without voice.. those who have fought for their rights...their rights to live in peace,their rights to be treated with dignity up their rights, to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated”,she also said this. She rose to fame as a speaker for promoting education for girls that are in the swat valley of Pakistan. She didn’t just stand for her village girls but for everyone who know the importance of education and want to be educated. Because she disobedience the Taliban rule she was able to bring change in her society and make an impact all people around the world by making them aware girls live under taliban rule and the importance of education for women.
Aung San Suu Kyi influenced the people of Myanmar or Burma, which is East of India. The People of Myanmar were influenced by her because she spoke up against the harsh rule of dictator U Ne Win without using violent actions. Suu Kyi became the General Secretary of a new democratic party called "National League of Democracy (NLD)." This position helped Suu Kyi speak up against U Ne Win because of her political power. Being the daughter of someone who influenced Myanmar, former Commander of the Burma (Myanmar) Independence Army, Aung San, she has gained much popularity because of her father, but also because she was brave enough to speak up against Ne Win to achieve democracy and human rights. Dictator U Ne Win resigned,
In July 1988, decline in economic conditions led to large-scale and bloody rioting in cities in Burma. In Sept 1988, the army under General U.Saw Maung replaced the Government with the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), a group of military officers. In 1990, SLORC proposed a new government and allowed free elections with the confidence that it would win, but 80% of the seats were won by the civilian opposition party led by Suu Kyi. But it refused to turn over the power to the civilian government. It outlawed