Royal capital to 'smart city': Myanmar's Mandalay gets high-tech makeover, sparks 'spy' fears

Royal capital to 'smart city': Myanmar's Mandalay gets high-tech makeover, sparks 'spy' fears

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https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-myanmar-mandalay/royal-capital-to-smart-city-myanmars-mandalay-gets-high-tech-makeover-sparks-spy-fears-idUSKCN1UU04Q

Once a seat of kings, the city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar has seen turbulent chapters in its 162-year history – the fall of Burma's last royal dynasty and decades of colonial rule. Now, officials are attempting to transform the former royal capital into Myanmar's first "smart city".