…a country in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal; population 48,137,700 (est. 2009); official language, Burmese; capital, Naypyidaw…
…a route linking Lashio in Burma to Kunming in China, covering 1,154 km (717 miles). Completed in 1939, it was built by the Chinese in response to the Japanese occupation of the Chinese coast, to serve as a supply route to the interior…
