Thanks for the input. Burma is simply a better-known name. People (more or less) know that. Myanmar: a lot of people probably have never heard of that, although it is the official name of the country.
The junta has been strongly supported by China over the years. Of course, some natives probably supported the junta as well. But it's a fact that there's Chinese (or Chinese related) people on important positions, everywhere (even in the smallest villages) in the country. There's spies everywhere and people are frightened to death to stand up. Compare it to North Korea: people are brainwashed. They're told that America is bad and that there's nothing as good as the place where they live. There's no internet access in Myanmar, people don't know because they cannot know. They were very happy (and hospitable) to meet us, foreigners. Because we were their contact with the outside world. Even tho we somehow supported the junta with the money we spent in the country, it gave us a good feeling to speak behind closed doors with the people. That is, those who knew English of course. A lot of them just smiled when we asked about the situation, a smile with a meaning. They wanted to talk, but you could never tell who was wrong and who was right.