Thein Sein was not given much respect at home, either.

吴登盛在国内也得不到多少尊重。

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Although the colonel General Staff position was traditionally held only by colonels, Than Shwe let Brig-Gen Thein Sein remain in the post.

尽管总参谋部的工作历来只由上校担任，但丹瑞还是让吴登盛准将担任原职。

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Observers said Thein Sein was transferred to the War Office as a courtesy to ex-Gen Khin Maung Than, the former head of the Bureau of Special Operations.

观察家称吴登盛之所以调入作战办公室，是靠着前将军兼特别行动局首脑钦貌丹的关系。

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In this respect Mrs Clinton was bearing one little gift for Mr Thein Sein full, broad-based missions by the World Bank and the IMF to assess Myanmar's many economic needs.

ECONOMIST: Myanmar and America

He urged international governments to recognise that it was a bold move for president Thein Sein to allow the NLD and pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Ki to run in the by-election by changing the electoral rules and said that the West should now match it with something equally bold like lifting economic sanctions.

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Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader, was allowed to meet the UN human-rights envoy, having already met President Thein Sein.

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