The last year has been a period of constant electoral change in Asia and elsewhere, with India and Indonesia voting for new leaders who are expected to bring with them radical change and the kind of economic growth that is only possible from a rethink of existing policies. Soon, it will be the turn of Singapore, where a general election looms - as one does in the UK shortly afterwards. How much radical change these two events can be expected to yield I will not comment on here. But amidst these elections, one stands out tantalisingly: the general election scheduled to take place around October in Myanmar.
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