Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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But first, protests against the military coup in Myanmar continued this weekend.

In the city of Moan-U.A yesterday, security forces set off stun grenades as demonstrators

hurled missiles and lit fireworks. On Saturday, people fled gunfire in the capital, Neh Pidol.

It's estimated that nearly 250 protesters have been killed since the coup at the beginning

of February. Some targeted by snipers, others killed at random. The violence has prompted

people to find other means of protest. The protesters are not giving up. They are continuing

to demonstrate on the streets despite the ever growing brutality of the army. At the same

time, though, they are also protesting in a settler way.

Charlie McCann is the economist's Southeast Asia correspondent.

If you go to supermarkets, corner stores, across the country, it will be very difficult to buy.

It can, of Myanmar beer. That's because Myanmar beer is produced by a company partly owned

by the army. Burmese all over the country are boycotting, Myanmar beer and other products

also produced by the army, for instance, the most popular brand of cigarette. Same

cars made by a telecommunications company also owned by the army. These boycotts along

with a general strike are designed to disrupt the business of the government and ideally

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