a
The government is widely accused of benefiting from drug money.
The regime has few sources of hard currency because of decades of
mismanagement and economic sanctions imposed for its repression
of the democratic opposition and ethnic minorities.
plus b
Toward that end, some 50,000 people in Wa-controlled areas near
China, where little but opium can grow on the steep, rocky
hillsides, will be moved to new agricultural areas near Thailand,
where it is hoped they can make a living growing crops and
raising livestock.
equals
the question...
what will become of
that steep, rocky hillside
that still belongs
to the people forecfully removed?
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