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Myanmar held its first freely contested general election in 25 years. The National League for Democracy, an opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace-prize winner, appeared to have won a convincing victory over politicians supported by the army, which has ruled the country for half a century. The army-drafted constitution, however, prevents her from becoming president. A quarter of the seats in the parliament are reserved for the armed forces. See article.
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a heavy defeat in an election in Bihar for the state assembly. The ballot was an important test of the popularity of Narendra Modi, the country’s prime minister, who campaigned widely in Bihar for the BJP’s candidates. It was his biggest political setback since taking office last year. See article.
China’s president, Xi Jinping, met his counterpart from Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, in Singapore. It was the first encounter between leaders of the two sides since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. Opposition ...
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