Burma's democracy movement is shifting into a guerrilla uprising and getting involved with minority ethnic separatist movements that have maintained autonomous zones for decades.

Don't expect China to be any less violent in its imperialism than the US has been. However, its denials will be in the bullshitter's style, broad and blatant denial of truth, rather than subtle lies.

The WHO has refused to allow Taiwan to send observers to participate in its plenary meeting.

I think western powers should bite the bullet and start recognizing Taiwan as "Taiwan". There could, by chance, be a more convenient moment in the future, but it won't get easier.

*Academics suspect papers with grabby conclusions are waved through more easily by [peer] reviewers.*

In Arnhem Land, in northern Australia, indigenous rangers actively manage fires.

This sort of management can reduce destructive fires and protect species. However, whether it will succeed in storing carbon long-term depends on how bad global heating gets. It is good to pay rangers to do it, but we should not take for granted it will reduce net emissions.

Indeed, I think we should not plan for curbing global heating in terms of "net emissions" and "offsets". Rather, we should make plans to reduce emissions; and we should also make plans to protect various sorts of terrain.

*Mexico Wants to Import Non-GMO Corn and US Farmers Say They Can Deliver It.*

However, Mexicans can also grow it, and that might enable a lot of Mexicans to get out of the poverty that NAFTA pushed them into.