Arthur Mullard

.... quite what the confusion is according to one person is beyond me - unless he doesn't know who Roger Waters is most likely.

With respect nobody has grasped what I believe this is about, understandably. It's not connected IMO with the police stations as an earlier poster commented. The report seems to read that the TAT Governor made the proposal in light of falling tourism (therefore her/his attempt to rectify it) and here's the key bit "...following discussion in China with tour groups" - which tells you everything about how the world outside the borders of a largely cut-off country culturally, and 'inter-connectedly', sees the free world, eg Thailand. Also how rife poorly informed online gossip floods their social media about how bad this country is.... how unsafe that country is... whether Thailand, USA, Laos, the UK.... an utterly cosseted people. The TAT Gov has clearly been cajoled into thinking of ways to extend the nanny state into the freer world, 'so that tour groups will feel safer'.... as Roger Waters put it..... "PATHetic".

LOL or "bum-bum" which always tickled me!

There are NO Chinese holidays until February. After this week's holiday they will move en-masse as always, back to work and school primarily. Nothing to worry about for those like me who cringe at this article.

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Has anyone played "China spotting" in Bangkok...... great fun..... I could go on but better not.

LOL.... I do sympathise with that but to clarify (IMO) the naturally sweet smelling Moroccan et al you find often on the continent, as compared with that overpowering SKUNK in and around London... repulsive. It was never like that back in the day. In fairness skunk I have not caught a whiff of, in Thailand.

Is the Thai bank option as secure as the Singapore one?

Yes but how (to kill themselves) in this instance? An overdose. Otherwise they'd be a bloody mess involving a gun.. a razor... a hose pipe connected to the exhaust (!!!!)...

But wouldn't you go home... he's got a caring family after all...

Other than an overdose though? The other listed methods leave an airtight explanation. Wouldn't they appear in the news report surely and why not if not?

Did you say "in those days"..................... ????

Most people won't know that in the T&Cs of flight bookings not so long ago (summer 2022) restricted travellers (native) leaving THAT country to 3 categories: business; education; work! Six months ago "tourists" had to apply for a special pass to go to HK or Macao. Imagine! Poor f***ers.

One wonders thinking about it... the move by the wealthy Chinese to (desperately) get their money out, with Thai real estate being a key target, and the extreme longterm aims of Chinese to effectively renounce their citizenship in order to keep their money safe from the CCP (through bearing children with Thai citizenship), perhaps there will be more on the forthcoming agenda than tourism and trade deals? The above was recently publicised on YouTube under China buying up real estate in Thailand BTW.

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....