YANGON (Reuters) - It is nearly a year since Myanmar's military rulers abruptly abandoned their leafy, colonial-era capital in favour of a "command and control" centre in jungle-clad hills along the road to Mandalay.
The generals have grandly named their new capital Nay Pyi Taw, or "Royal City", but besides a few reception halls the former Burma's answer to Brasilia boasts little more than dusty building sites, deserted highways and disgruntled civil servants.
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