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Who arranged for all the photographers to be present ?

10 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

" Surely, it's not illegal to leave France?"

 

Are they even IN France legally ? 

Something the French never seem to address. 

There must be 100s of illegal immigrants squatting near the Channel coast, who seem to be invisible to  French immigration  officials. 

Many French people must be rather surprised that people actually pay good money to escape their wonderful country.

" C'est incroyable "

14 hours ago, 2baht said:

The insurgency intensifies! Peoples Liberation Army? ????

They didn't say it was PLA military clothing.  Could be from any country ............  just possibly, even Thai ?

8 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

How many 33 year old Chinese males have that much coin to spend outside of China without there being  risk of nefarious activity. 

 

I would say that he was likely paying of dirty RTP cops and either the payments stopped or he got caught by someone outside of his sphere of influence.

How many? ....Many.      Just happen to be sons or sons of sons of 'certain' families.

Many a putsch has occurred when the leader is out of the country.

It is extremely unlikely that any person in China would dare to make any public statement without the tacit approval of the CCP.

I am wondering if this announcement is part of the insistent CCP narrative that Covid originated from some person eating bats, or MORE LIKELY, introduced by some foreign agency to damage China's unquestionably high reputation.

It must NEVER be attributed to a leak from the Virus Research Lab, where they do extensive research on ..... bats,    and which just happens to be located in the city where it all started.

Mere speculation on my part, of course.

' UAE requires construction workers '

Could be  to fill the shoes of the  dead Filipinos, and others, who suffered under the treatment of cheap labour imports in that country during the build up to the Football World Cup ?

Known side effects.

'There is evidence that use during pregnancy may result in harm to the baby' .......... Wiki

Not licenced for use in USA or UK..

Licenced for use  in Russia, Egypt and Thailand

Be Careful.

Alcoholism.................

Drug addiction........

Target these, above prostitution, surely.

10 hours ago, JoePai said:

Just pee on the wound - far easier

Depends where the wound is located ... and/or  if you have 'good friends' nearby.

Who gives honest answers to surveys ? Especially boasting  youths !

3 hours ago, mrfill said:

Gosh, behaving just like the British did 150 years ago.

Did the British expect Siam to pay for the infrastructure they supplied ?

Not sure.

17C or 18C - a period of 200 years.

Europe has many countries, and many styles within each country.

Freezing Scandinavian winters to hot southern Europe.

Palace or cottage.

You might consider narrowing your choices, but I guess you already have a specific style in mind.

Wish you every success with this ambitious project

There have been comments here to the effect that China was able to halt Covid in 77 days.  Sadly, this is far from the truth. There are ongoing outbursts of Covid in many of China's provinces, but the official News Agencies have been instructed to censor all reports of them.  I receive frequent messages on WeChat (using VPN to evade censorship) about new Covid outbreaks.  However, authorities are at least giving these localised outbreaks rapid attention and essential treatment.

To think that anyone or any one country can eliminate the Covid virus is to misunderstand the nature of viruses.  This position may be reached at some far distant date, as a result of worldwide collaboration, but until then,  the virus is alive and well. 

The interesting question is what is the real reason that China is selling vaccine abroad but failing to make serious inroads on vaccinating it's own people at home ?

There are two different issues to consider.   Efficacy and Safety.   They are not the same.

11 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The market dictates the price of rubber not the Thai government..

The world price of rubber is about the same as it was in 2005 and 1995, although there have been significant spikes in between.   Increase is use of plastics is a major factor.

https://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=rubber&months=300

 If the Government subsidise one product, there would be demands from growers of other produce for similar treatment

Self promotion may be part of the reason for the public pronouncement, but it's main purpose is as public warning to discourage others who may be tempted to break the Law.

The average Thai citizen will not take any notice of this because it doesn't apply to them (maybe they would not take any notice of police warnings even in situations when it might apply !).

These events are staged for the benefit of those (including TV readers) who might be or have been tempted to "forget" their Visa terms.

It's the Immigration Police doing their job, but in a manner which maybe different from the practise in other countries.

16 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Good work, every piece of string has two ends !

What may appear to be a single piece of string, was in fact, many pieces of string knotted together !   Many of the knots are know to the authorities, but there seems to be little co-operative effort to "loosening" these knots!. 

Knotty problems exist in Vietnam, China, Russia, Italy, France, UK. 

Agree, good work so far.

What many fear most, is a No-deal Remain.

9 hours ago, BigC said:

Can never have enough guns and weapons 

In home and in goverment. 

The world is one big bullet and we need tk be behind it

 

Viva la france free tommy

 

Long live Trump 

 

Free England  from Europe 

 

Down woth Merkel 

Can never have enough guns,   that's why Angela Dorothea Merkel  supports the notion of an EU army.    

26 minutes ago, Emdog said:

"We had to destroy that economy in order to save it"

Pathetic bit is silence of UK and USA "leaders" looking away and whistling Dixie or Col Bogey's march

So,  what would be an effective action from USA or/and UK ?   The opposite of silence might be noise - but shouting from the sidelines wont change the situation.  The USA is trying trade sanctions but that is a 'two-edged sword'.    Very few disputes are resolved by raised voices.   

Mao took control on October 1st, 1949,  so the upcoming 70th anniversary will not be celebrated with any show of 'weakness' on the part of the current Chinese leaders.  

The far greater fear now is a " No Deal Remain ".

The largest foreign supplier to UK is France and the  French production is mainly Nuclear and Hydro, so is low carbon intensity.   Germany has been and is still using 'dirty' coal (lignite) although it is planned to phase out.   The German phasing out of coal and nuclear is causing concern for the continuity of  electricity supply within the relatively short time frame that is proposed.

14 hours ago, steve73 said:

In other news, local stationary stores have run out of brown envelopes..

I was going to highlight the difference between stationary and stationery, but thought better of it.