Hundreds of Burmese villagers and monks protest the expansion of a Chinese-backed copper mine in northwestern Burma.
Burmese Protest Continues in Defiance of Government
![Burmese protesters at a camp site outside a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa Burma, November 23, 2012. (VOA Burmese Service)](https://gdb.voanews.com/327ee4dc-972d-4b59-8dc5-4172956cb247_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Burmese protesters at a camp site outside a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa Burma, November 23, 2012. (VOA Burmese Service)
![Monks and protesters at a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa, Burma, November 22, 2012. (VOA Burmese Service)](https://gdb.voanews.com/1c958251-efef-41ee-9f11-1d41bfedbd1b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Monks and protesters at a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa, Burma, November 22, 2012. (VOA Burmese Service)
![Protesters at a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa, Burma, November 22, 2012. (VOA Burmese Service)](https://gdb.voanews.com/da086c62-bb06-4cf5-966d-aa98084f54d5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters at a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa, Burma, November 22, 2012. (VOA Burmese Service)
![Protesters at a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa, Burma, November 22, 2012. (VOA Burmese Service)](https://gdb.voanews.com/6aee98fa-3ed6-4ddd-88a3-dbab0481ccff_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters at a Chinese-backed copper mine, Monywa, Burma, November 22, 2012. (VOA Burmese Service)