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  1. elzach
    People focus on the one, tragic, fatality, but he also injured several people, and judging from the impacts, possibly very seriously. Also, notice this additional detail:
  2. elzach
    Entered on a tourist visa waiver, that is. No background checks, no questions asked. And staying in Huay Kwang in Bangkok.....but of course. Nobody told him "worked" and "manage the business" makes you instantly illegal? Thailand, in an effort to lure tourists, is importing Chinese unemployment.
  3. elzach
    Inadvertently perhaps, you made my case: "US$1.90 or less per day in PPP", i.e. $1.25, as I wrote. Go to China and try to live on 9 yuan a day......or 40 baht a day in Thailand.
  4. elzach
    She can do it the Xi Jin Ping way: put the poverty threshold at 40 baht a day, problem solved, "you are magically lifted out of poverty". For those wondering, the poverty threshold in China is about 9 yuan ($1.25) a day.
  5. elzach
    This is simply another, not well thought out (surprise), measure to bring in more Chinese tourists. And they'll pray at the local spirit house (san phra phum) that the extras don't come (Chinese crime, Chinese gangs etc.).
  6. elzach
    It was confirmed on a BP post she's Chinese. The question though is why she did it, when a taxi/Grab ride would be 150-300 baht (30-60 yuan), or BTS/MRT then Red Line at a total cost of 35-70 baht (7-14 yuan). Because in China she would be detained within seconds (anything other than a car or bike/scooter is illegal in Chinese streets), while Thailand is a "free for all".
  7. elzach
    There are different standards of reporting in Thailand (and other Asian countries). The farang incidents that cause "outrage" among the locals, and many foreigners, are usually "Tuesday at 15:30:15" on local Thai TV news.

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