The EconomistMEMBERS of Myanmar’s elite are frequent visitors to Singapore for all sorts of reasons. They come to shop, to pay anxious visits to their bank deposits and their doctors, to put their children into school, to gamble at the world’s biggest casino and to ogle a vision of globalised prosperity. Thein Sein, the president, came this week with a big delegation, for the signing of and agreement on co-operation in areas from tourism to the law and to thank Singapore for its loyal support over the years. But he came mainly to take a bow. Full story
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