The Burmese military staged a coup in 1988, which overthrew the socialist government at that time and seized political power. It then suppressed democratization movements intiated by the NLD [and other political parties]. Many political prisoners were imprisoned.
Mandarin
集中兵力各个歼敌的原则，以歼灭敌军有生力量为主要目标，不以保守或夺取地方为主要目标。
集中兵力各個殲敵的原則，以殲滅敵軍有生力量為主要目標，不以保守或奪取地方為主要目標。
jí zhōng bīng lì gè gè jiān dí de yuán zé ， yǐ jiān miè dí jūn yǒu shēng lì liàng wéi zhǔ yào mù biāo ， bù yǐ bǎo shǒu huò duó qǔ dì fang wéi zhǔ yào mù biāo ．
The principle of concentrating our forces to wipe out the enemy forces one by one is aimed chiefly at annihilating the enemy's effective strength, not at holding or seizing a place.
Mandarin
我们应该学习它，具体地说，学北伐战争的长驱直进和夺取大城市。
我們應該學習它，具體地説，學北伐戰爭的長驅直進和奪取大城市。
wǒ men yīng gāi xué xí tā ， jù tǐ de shuō ， xué běi fá zhàn zhēng de cháng qū zhí jìn hé duó qǔ dà chéng shì ．
We must learn from it, or, to put it more concretely, we must imitate the Northern Expedition in driving straight ahead to seize the big cities.