The assassination of Aung San (Suu Kyi’s father and the leader of Burma’s independence movement) destabilized the country, paving the way for the army to take over. Under its long-serving military junta, Burma shut itself off from the world, internalized its problems, and stagnated as the rest of Asia boomed.
大英帝国统治在1947年最终走向终，但缅甸虽然获得了自由，却未能结束其痛苦。昂山素季的父亲，缅甸独立运动领导人昂山将军的遇刺令这个国家陷入动荡，也为军队的接管铺平了道路。但长期的军政府统治下，缅甸向世界关上了大门，使其问题内部化，并在亚洲其他地区蓬勃兴起之时陷入了停滞。而世界对此的回应则是将缅甸在经济和外交两方面都孤立了起来。