A post from the archives
1913 - 2016
GDP over the years
This info-graphic shows Myanmar's per capita GDP relative to India and China over the past hundred years. GDP is the market value of everything produced in a country over a given year. GDP per capita is a very rough measure of a county's wealth. As is evident in this graphic, Myanmar's per capita GDP stood ahead of both India and China in the 1930s and was ahead of China until the 1960s. It is now behind both but especially far...
Explore Myanmar History through a Timeline
About this project
The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.