Arthur Mullard

I would argue that there is a more than general sense a lot will hang on this meeting for "desperate backed-into-a-corner" Xi...

And don't forget those police stations.....

Indeed ????

The Emperors were the educated elite weren't they ????

Very well said

You went so far but could've taken your very believable scenario to the next level... DOES China influence Thai elections with any kind of leverage?? Myself and a friend were thinking yes. What came to my mind was the former colony to Algeria who continued to pull the strings and said explicitly in the 1990s that a fundamental Muslim state bordering France would not be tolerated - and they were a former colony! If indeed China leverages election influence over Thailand wouldn't there be some awareness among critiques or exposé??

Some truth in that I would agree - and add that a number of factors explain it IMO ranging from the Thais themselves especially school heads and their academic credentials... the range of quality of teachers... the range of nationalities among teachers... and probably from top down at a government level, entrenched old cultural ways that are stuck in traditional thinking.

First class entertainment though ????

BTW.... have you seen those fish in the klong lately.... ????

Well Trump would certainly agree with that but then he's facing jail... plus all those gracious Remainers who lost the Brexit vote?

Christ how gullible these people are....

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With respect there's only one nation on earth we all default to seeing such an incident - and it's not Korean. I know there are decent Chinese folks - but you gotta admit the cliché is here for us all to see, so I would say there's a lot of ignorance in the majority of that nation.

Perhaps he should've been. What if the 1st officer took a sudden hit to the head or anywhere for that matter?

100% judging by the sound of him.... all the better for Sino-Thai relations???????? ????... or he is so utterly restricted back home that the sight of enforcement which he expects to escape from brings out the worst!

Funny ????

The shares are obviously their legal means to suspend him totally - as different from not voting him over policies - but IF he had sold them, they certainly would be going after him like they did with Thanathorn I would bet.

I think a lot of posters until now inc myself have maybe naively assumed Pita et al didn't see any of this coming....................

Some plonker actually commented on the Thai Expat Daily Show... "How is general Prayut 'causing turmoil at the moment'? I thought he had resigned as leader."ow is General Pr" at the moment"? I thought he had resigned as leader.

Incredible scenes....

Amusingly self-assured. I think both cases you refer to were not black and white were they? Interestingly enough there was at least two charges against Thanathorn... so charge II would've VERY LIKELY done the job failing charge 1? Re Pita, it is highly likely that failing charge 1... he'd (MFP) be got on "damaging the country's stability" with his manifesto esp in relation to lesse majeste... or similar. So how can you BE a politician pray tell ????????

They already have overseas police stations. Those non-criminal arrests are CCP dissenters eg the HK bookshop owner in Pattaya not log ago. This new move will definitely seal China's overseas long arm influence in Thailand for anyone speaking out against the regime. Bad news from that perspective.

100% sadly.... I predict all out war.

fingers on the pulse ⚡ ⚡

Look at the face..... what a ******* dinosaur..... his fingers are on the pulse of the next generation ????‍????