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Yangon’s Pirates of Pansodan St. – A new copyright law may bankrupt Myanmar’s book business

Along Yangon’s Pansodan Street toward Merchant Road, located among the heritage Victorian buildings of colonial-era Rangoon, a pirated book market thrives. The books lining the shelves of street-side stalls, or inside adjacent bookstores, give the appearance of a booming business,

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‘Pushing boundaries’: The rise of Samizdat publishing in Vietnam

Liberal Publishing House publishes and distributes books Vietnam’s government does not want its citizens to read. HANOI, Vietnam – Inside a cramped room in a secret – and temporary – location in northern Vietnam, a printer whirs to life, spitting

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‘Sudanista!’: A Non-Fiction Reading list for The Sudans

Emma’s War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan by Deborah Scroggins The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars (African Issues) by Douglas H. Johnson South Sudan From Revolution to Independence by Matthew Arnold and Matthew LeRiche The Fate of

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