From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.

The eldest child of legendary film director Rob Reiner and wife Michele has reportedly been a key source of comfort for his younger sister, Romy Reiner.

Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.