BAGAN (Myanmar): Defying an international outcry, Myanmar's military rulers have begun building a nearly 60m-tall viewing tower in the midst of this ancient temple city, one of Asia's greatest archaeological sites.
The project is adding to the severe criticism already heaped on Myanmar's junta for its allegedly unplanned and inaccurate rebuilding of many ruins, and its record in general of suppressing human rights and democracy.
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