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Under the dragonRory MacLean

Under the dragon

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"For ten years the memory of a chance visit to Burma had haunted Rory MacLean. Ten years ago its people rose up against their military government. The unarmed demonstrators were cut down, leaving more than five thousand people dead." "In Under the Dragon, MacLean returns to the betrayed land, travelling from a decaying Rangoon to the heart of the golden triangle, meeting the victims and perpetrators of the uprising. He rides with a hill tribe warlord, shares tea with a government censor and is trapped into a karaoke evening with a group of singing Chinese businessmen. He learns about the…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1999
    Flamingo · 240 pages · 9780006530824
  • Other · English · 2008
    Tauris Parke Paperbacks · 224 pages · 9781845116224
  • Other · English · 1998
    HarperCollins · 224 pages · 9780002570138
TravelDescription and travelJourneysBurma, description and travelTravel writingHuman rights, burma