This is opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, 这是反对派的领袖 昂山素季
in a remote part of Burma, 在Burma一个偏僻的地区
just hours after police had attacked and wounded scores of protesters. 就在警察袭击打伤大量抗议者几小时前
The events that had unfolded in a tiny village had suddenly 这个事件让一个小村庄
become the major flashpoint in Suu Kyi's struggle with 迅速成为素季和缅甸军方对国家未来
the Burmese generals over the future of the country. 进行争斗的导火索
Just weeks before, we had travelled secretly to the village 就在几周前，我们秘密的进村后
that would find itself at the centre of the violence. 才发现自己正处在冲突的中心
We were travelling towards a mountain range that contains 我们当时正在向全世界最大的未开发红铜矿山脉进发
one of the biggest unmined deposits of copper in the world,
worth billions of dollars. 这个红铜山脉价值数十亿美元
This mountain ridge in front of us is called Lepadaung, 在我们面前的这座山叫Lepadaung
which is basically, "the copper mountain." 实际上就是所谓的红铜矿山脉
The copper is all throughout that mountain ridge. 整个山脉都蕴含着大量的红铜矿
What they're worried about is 抗议者们所担心的
the disappearance of an entire mountain. 就是这整座山有可能消失
I caught my first glimpse of the mining that's begun here. 我就是在这儿第一次看到矿区
Unchecked, the mining will eventually destroy 这种开采没有任何限制
this entire mountain range to reach the copper below. 为了采光红铜矿，他们会逐渐摧毁这整个山脉
Three mountain peaks had already been reduced to rubble. 三座山峰已经被开采得变成了红土
There were 30 more to go. 还有30座有可能也会变成那样
Right up against the mine is the village of Wet Hmay.
I'd come here to meet Aye Net, 我来这儿是为了见Aye Net
a woman risking everything by leading a struggle against the mine. 一个领导反对采矿斗争搏上一切的女人
She showed me where the mine was dumping waste on their fields. 她带我去看了被矿区倾倒矿渣的农田
So we've only been here for a couple of minutes really, 我们只在这儿逗留了几分钟
and we've already seen two of these giant dump trucks, 就已经看到两辆大型渣土车在倾倒日益增多、大堆的矿渣在这儿
dumping this ever-growing pile of rubble that almost seems, 我们可以看到
as we're watching, to be getting closer to the village. 废渣堆已经越来越靠近村庄了
It's not just any mining company that Aye Net is dealing with. 在Aye Net采矿的不是普通的公司
The mine is owned by China's main weapons manufacturer, 拥有这个矿区的 是天朝的主要武器供应商
and a business run by Burma's top generals with assets 还有由Burma的高级将领们名下的一家
they've seized during years of military rule. 在多年军事统治中拥有了大量资产的公司
Two months ago, Aye Net was jailed for a week 两个月前，Aye Net因领导了一起示威行动
for leading a demonstration. 被捕入狱一个星期
Eventually, the police gave way. 最终警察还是了放弃继续拘留她
Her mother said she wasn't surprised. 她的妈妈说她并不惊讶
Until reforms last year, protesters were jailed for years. 直到去年的改革前，起义者们都被拘留好几年
Aye Net's mother said Suu Kyi was a role model for her daughter. Aye Net的妈妈说素季是她女儿的榜样
What's this? 这是什么？
'Aye Net showed me how the arrival of the mine Aye Net向我们展示了采矿公司的到来
'had ripped out the heart of the village. 是怎样撕扯这个村庄的心的
'The local authorities had sacked the village schoolteacher.' 地方当局洗劫了村子里的教师
So what's upsetting you now? 现在是什么让你难过
Government officials had even enticed away the village monk. 当局的官员甚至诱骗走了村子里的僧侣
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Aye Net called a meeting to update the villagers. Aye Net召集了会议来告诉村民最新的消息
She and her cousin, Thwe Thwe, 她和她的侄女，Thwe Thwe
had learned every detail about the Burmese company that part-owned 已经了解了拥有部分矿区的公司UMEH的所有细节
the mine, UMEH, a key part of the generals' business empire. UMEH是泰国将军们商业帝国最重要的一部分
Yet the women were only addressing half the village. 但是Aye Net只告知到了半数村民
The rest of the inhabitants had left. 剩下的村民已经离开了村庄
They'd accepted a new life in a settlement built by the 他们接受了新的生活，搬去了采矿公司建造的安置点
mining company and the promise of a job at the mine. 采矿公司答应他们在矿区给他们安排工作
Each morning, Aye Net goes to pick vegetables in the fields 每天早上，Aye Net都会去地里摘菜
that her family has lived off for generations. 这块田养活了数代人
The mining company says they paid the farmers for their land 采矿公司说他们会付钱补偿农民们被占用的土地
and have contracts to prove it. 还签了合同保证
Aye Net says they were told the agreement was Aye Net说合同只赔偿短期粮食的损失
only for the temporary loss of crops.
Whatever was said to them, the villagers here clearly feel duped. 不管采矿公司对村民们承诺了什么，村民们都明显觉得上当了
A few miles away is the new settlement built 几英里外就是那个新的安置点
by the mining company for villagers who have given up their land. 采矿公司把放弃了土地的村民安排住在那里
The government had made farmer U Thein Win 政府任命U Thein Win
headman of the new village. 作为新村庄的首领
Each family received a new house 每个家庭能分到一座新房子
and a promise of one job per family in the mine. 和矿区的一个工作岗位
Ma Si has moved here with her husband and daughter. Ma Si和她的丈夫女儿搬到了这里
Instead of working in the fields, she's making clothes. 她现在不种地了，改做衣服了
And she's enjoying her new mod cons. 她对自己现在的工作很满意
How is life different for you here than in old Wet Hmay? 在这儿的生活和在Wet Hmay时有什么不同？
For her, it's a big change of life coming from the old village to here. 对她来说，从旧村子到这儿是一个巨大的变化
She's running a family and she works as a seamstress, 她照顾家庭的同时还做缝纫工作
so these things are a way of her making some money. 所以这些东西能让她挣钱
So it's a very big change, a very significant change for her. 所以这是一个很大的变化，对她来说是一个巨大的变化
But the mining company had failed to deliver the job it promised 但是采矿公司并没有像承诺的那样给他们安排工作
every household, and money was tight. 每家每户的钱都很紧张
The village headman admitted things had not turned out 村庄的村长承认
as the villagers wanted. 事情确实没有像村民们想要的那样发展
What do you think of people like Aye Net and Thwe Thwe, 你怎么看Aye Net和Thwe Thwe这样
who seem to be leading the people to stay? 想要带领大家留下来的人
Back in the village, Aye Net may not have had electricity, 在村庄里，Aye Net可能没有电用
but she was trying to run a modern protest. 但她正在尝试发起一场现代式的抗议活动
Aye Net was doing everything possible to make sure this Aye Net竭尽全力去确保
didn't remain just a local issue. 这不只是一个地方性问题
Next morning, Aye Net took me to the mine headquarters. 第二天早上，Aye Net带我去矿区总部
With a camera donated by her contacts in Rangoon, 用她在Rangoon的联系人提供的摄像机
she was documenting an escalation of the conflict. 记录一场正在升级的冲突
Villagers with jobs at the mine 在矿区得到工作的村民
had gone on strike, demanding better pay and conditions. 正在罢工要求更好的薪酬和条件
Just two years ago, this kind of defiance 就在两年前，这种反抗
would have led to long prison terms. 会带来长期监禁
The compound was home to about 2,000 Chinese workers 这个院子住着大约2000名中国工人
who get most of the skilled jobs. 他们做大部分的技术类工作
The few positions given to the locals were 一小部分给村民们的工作大部分
as low-paid cleaners and kitchen staff. 是低收入的清洁和厨房工作
Led by the village headman, a small group of workers 在村长的带领下
was allowed in to negotiate. 一小部分村民被允许进入谈判
After hours of talks, there was an update. 几个小时的谈判后，他们带来了最新消息
Mine officials were stalling, saying they had to check with Beijing. 矿区官员在拖延时间，说他们必须和北京那边确认
The striking workers camped outside the mine headquarters 罢工的工人在矿区住宅区外面露营
to keep up the pressure. 来继续给公司施加压力
Aye Net knew they needed more support. Aye Net知道他们还需要更多的支持
She and Thwe Thwe set off to see a group of people who for years
have been one of the most powerful enemies of the Burmese generals.
Their destination was a Buddhist monastery,
whose monks have been at the forefront of political protests.
These photographs are postcards that they've put together to show
the farming life of the Lapadaung mountain.
They're very inspiring in the way
that they're actually organising themselves.
I mean, when you think about it, this is a small community,
a small farming community taking on the might
of a Chinese mining company and the Burmese military.
(THEY SING)
Burma's Buddhist monks aren't cloistered ascetics.
In 2007, the monks in this monastery were amongst the first
to rise against military rule.
The protests were brutally repressed.
After morning prayers,
Aye Net and Thwe Thwe had the chance to put their case.
Our presence had attracted attention.
Immigration police turned up to find out what was going on
and we had to leave.
But Aye Net got her promise. 500 monks pledged to join her campaign.
In Rangoon, Aye Net's campaign had become front-page news
as a story of the generals stealing from the people.
Burma's media is just emerging from decades of censorship.
We went to meet a leading newspaper editor, Kyaw Min Swe.
He told me that until recently, UMEH, the generals' company,
was the mandatory local partner for any foreign investment.
As Western companies arrive, they'll still find themselves having
to deal with the generals, who have stakes in almost every
aspect of Burma's economy, hotels, transport and land development.
We followed the Chindwin River back towards Aye Net's village.
On the bank opposite we saw the next stage in Aye Net's campaign.
We are right on the riverbank opposite Lepadaung mountain
where the copper mine is under way,
and on this side of the river are the townspeople of Mongwa.
What they're doing is having a mountain-gazing ceremony.
People from the local town were gazing at the mountains
the mine would remove.
U Ant, a poet, told me the police tolerated the gazing,
but had forbidden any other protest.
We just stand here and observe the mountain
and after that, we will
most probably disperse peacefully.
In a country where protests had for decades been brutally repressed,
no-one knew how the authorities would respond
to Aye Net's burgeoning campaign.
This simple act was testing the limits of Burma's new freedom.
A fortnight after we left Burma, the promised 500 monks arrived to help
the villagers, joining the protest outside the mine headquarters.
When they ignored a deadline to leave,
police threw incendiary grenades, which set fire to the monks' tents.
Many of the monks and villagers were terribly burned, among them,
one of Aye Net's cousins.
Later that day, Aung San Suu Kyi arrived.
She promised to investigate the mine. This will prove a critical
test of her ability to deliver justice to the Burmese people.
Just before we left Burma, Aye Net had told us
this was a struggle she was never going to give up.
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