John Drake

From the day Prawit complained that the baht was too weak against the dollar and that it should have been no more than 35 baht to the dollar, from that day onwards the baht has steadily increased against the dollar. The Bank of Thailand admitted they intervened against the dollar to bring "stability."

Well, internationalism, I'm not sure it's even safe to click on an emoji for those two posts you just made.

Clearly, you are incapable of deducing the consequences.

Chinese insurance companies are not paying out in China. You think they'll pay out here? https://www.ft.com/content/c049eb2d-4455-4ed3-b775-2c6818ec5737 "China’s urban middle class is not faring much better as patients struggle to file Covid insurance claims. Multiple hospitals have refused to issue proof of infection for patients who tested positive unless they also report a lung infection and pass a review by local health authorities." https://www.ft.com/content/c049eb2d-4455-4ed3-b775-2c6818ec5737https://www.ft.com/content/c049eb2d-4455-4ed3-b775-2c6818ec5737

Mao had a "Red Guard." (There is a photography of Thai university students cosplaying as Red Guards. I can't show it because it's from Khaosod.)

I thought that had been cancelled at the Thai end of things. Meanwhile, in China, I saw on my Twitter news feed that Chinese covid insurance in China has started denying claims by redefining Covid narrowly. If they aren't going to pay out in China, are they going to pay out in Thailand? https://www.ft.com/content/c049eb2d-4455-4ed3-b775-2c6818ec5737

How long have you been here?

If they come without insurance and they get sick with covid, who else is going to pay? That's what the insurance was for. Now, if they test positive, they still have the same ramifications, but they also may not have insurance. Someone's going to pay. Can't imagine it will be the Chinese group tourist.

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The ambassador wasn't here. He hasn't got a clue. And his predecessor, the charge d'affaires, was too busy pulling up the draw bridge and keeping Americans out of the castle to notice anything outside.

The Chinese and Indians clearly won. They not only got out of showing proof of vaccination but have now had their insurance requirement cancelled. If they get sick, it appears that Thais will pay for them, now. Mainly Europeans lost. Apparently thousands canceled, some were denied to board flights, and a lot of them lost a great deal of money.

I'd be more careful about those that come and plan on not leaving for a long, long time, if ever, and just setting up shop as they please. There is a big enough Chinese social and cultural infrastructure in place for them to conceal their nationality and simply begin to take over everything.

Am I the only American without classified documents in my basement?

These people don't quit. And they never forget.

Indeed, some of them might be smirking and laughing behind our backs at the damage they've done, as it becomes more and more apparent that the people most damaged by these rules changes were Europeans and some Americans.

Why would anyone share this announcement with a friend, just to find it reversed again a few hours later and your friend never speaking to you again?

Why doesn't he apologize before all the people who lost money, were kept off flights, and had their holidays ruined? No, he's celebrating with the Chinese instead.

Instead of gushing over the Chinese, this group of officials should be elsewhere apologizing in person for the money lost and trips cancelled for Westerners and others who fell prey to their Chinese appeasement policy.

Not important, as no Chinese were inconvenienced or lost money. Mainly the damage was to Euros and perhaps some Americans, along with the rest of the world, and they don't count.

In the Shanghai International Zone in the 1920s and 1930s, the foreign consuls had the power to arrest, jail, and deport their own nationals. The US sent their incorrigibles to Bilibid in Manila or McNeil's Island in Puget Sound. Wouldn't be too bad of an idea, I think, to start doing the same here. It would prevent the lowlifes from bribing their way out of trouble and putting them in real pain.

What the hell is going on?

Four or five weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine who lives in the Caribbean told me they were coming to Bangkok on 11 January. Two days ago, I sent them a message to be aware of the changes for entry into Thailand, in case they haven't been notified. Not a problem, she said, because as soon as she heard the Chinese were going to be allowed to come wide open to Thailand, she cancelled her trip. Just one among how many others?

In Laos, the Chinese simply moved in with sufficient numbers and took over. Bought property, opened businesses at every level, and made the north of the country an extension of China. Now, they're working their way south. They will not bother with any visa except maybe the initial tourist visa. They'll just come in and do what they please. Only Chuwit recognizes the threat openly.

Has Harry changed his/her/them/they/its pronouns yet?

So, not about tourism but colonization.