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Myanmar militia repatriates 1,200 China nationals allegedly involved in online scams The military junta is not in control of the whole country. And in Cambodia, there are local businesspeople and politicians that are involved in the scam business. Four Thai Citizens Arrested in Cambodia Over Links to Online Scam and Triple Murder

Haven for scams: Hit movies further sour Chinese view of South-east Asia

The news is full of headlines about ‘China’s economic collapse’ — ignore them

Is China the enemy of Germany? Here, look at the specifications of this Chinese destroyer: Type 052D destroyer

Many Chinese warships, submarines and coast guard ships use German and French engines. Diesel engines has dual-use purposes. MTU even has a joint-venture production in China. Somebody has been making noise to the German government (not difficult to figure out who that was) to sabotage the deal to prevent Thailand from moving closer towards China. Rolls-Royce and China Yuchai to jointly produce MTU engines

Singapore money laundering case exposes links to Cambodia So easy to obtain Cambodian citizenship. China does not recognize dual-citizenships so these bunch of ethnic Chinese criminals are no longer citizens of the PRC.

Not only should the Chinese be worried about safety in Thailand. Many Malaysians like me are starting to worry about safety in Thailand too. Of course, abductions are rare. But they do happen. This is one recent case reported in a Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia: Five Malaysian men and women jumped out of their e-hailing car to avoid being sold as slaves Malaysians are highly sought after by scam syndicates because they are mostly trilinguals. Most Chinese Malaysians can speak Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien), English and Malay.

Thailand land borders are rather porous. Malaysian fugitives often choose to cross into Thailand by land illegally to escape from the law. If criminal gangs want to set up shop in another country, they would go for some kind of a long term residency visa or even try to gain citizenship. In recent crackdowns on money laundering in Singapore, many of the Chinese suspects have Cambodian citizenships. So, if Thailand really wants to clamp down on criminals coming in from China, it better tightens up regulations on long-term visas instead.

Visitors from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines and Indonesia can enter Thailand visa-free. Are you trying to say that the people from those few countries are richer and better educated than the Chinese?

Is the system in Malaysia that was set up by the British democratic? Over here in Malaysia, our senators are also appointed, not elected. And only the Malaysian king can decide who becomes the prime minister, not the members of parliament of both the lower house and the senate. Every country in the world is entitled to its own style of political system. Westerners do not have a monopoly on wisdom.

Don't talk nonsense. I'm a Malaysian. The 1MDB scandal didn't involve China. The US bank Goldman Sachs had to pay billions to Malaysia to avoid prosecution for its role in the 1MDB scandal.

Convicted criminals who have served their sentences don't have the right to travel?

Why should a commercial company listed in Hong Kong with shareholders from all over the world hand back a 99-year port concession for free if it has paid for it? Mind you, this company also owns ports all over the world, such as Miami and Houston in North America, Antwerp and Rotterdam in Europe and Busan and Singapore in Asia. It also owns another port in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Are you suggesting that this commercial company stupidly give away all its assets for free to every country that it has acquired from? China Merchant Port Holdings Co. Ltd.

You didn't bother to read the article by the Atlantic that I have provided?

Here's a good read: The Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ Is a Myth And here's a fact that many didn't know - that Sri Lanka's Hambantota port project were supported by two Western feasibility studies - first by a Canadian firm, then later by a Danish firm. Another fact is that the Sri Lanka had no problem servicing the Hambantota port loan - it was having a problem servicing other loans

If you want a project to be completed quicker and cheaper, you need more Chinese workers. In Malaysia, the local workers working on the Chinese-funded East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) complained that they could barely keep up with their Chinese counterparts. And if you want a project to begin earlier, you need Chinese loans, or else wait for years for your own funds to become available.

Hat Yai is a popular destination for those Malaysians who live in the northern states of Penang, Perak, Kedah and Perlis. Most of them arrive by road though. Most of the ethnic Chinese that I know, go there for the food and shopping. For Kuala Lumpur residents, Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai are their favourite Thai destinations, not Hat Yai.

Prices in Thailand used to be cheap for us, Malaysians, but not for many years already. Prices alone do not deter us from visiting other countries. It's all about how attractive in terms of scenery, culture and food to many of us. Although some of us are attracted to the nightlife, generally speaking, most of the ethnic Chinese like me that I know, are not interested in that. The ethnic Malays, who have all sorts of religious restrictions imposed on them, may go there for the nightlife, but again, generally speaking, most ethnic Malays are also not interested in that too.

Haha. Never knew Joke stands for porridge in Thai. All the while I thought his nickname meant "laughing stock". The Thai word for porridge is definitely a Cantonese loanword, 粥 (jok, zuk) which stands for porridge. In Mandarin it is pronounced as zhou.

Chinese group tour travel starts again to 20 countries, but independent travellers have more choices than ever

You don't have to worry about the "junk" Sinovac/Sinopharm. Better for you to worry about mRNA vaccines instead: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/1-severely-ill-sporean-china-travel-moh-ready-step-border-measures-2082726 SINGAPORE — Travellers from China account for about 1 to 1.5 per cent of arrivals to Singapore by air, or about 700 to 1,000 travellers each day. Of these, 40 to 80 Covid-19 cases are detected on a weekly basis. All have had mild symptoms except for one Singaporean who is "severely ill" with the coronavirus. For your information, Singaporeans are mostly vaccinated with mRNA vaccines.

https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2022/12/30/no-border-closures-or-mandatory-covid-tests-for-china-travellers/ KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 – The government has decided not to suspend the entry of visitors from China into Malaysia or to subject them to pre-departure or on-arrival Covid-19 testing. All arrivals are only screened for fever.

BF7 Omicron has an extremely high R0, from 10 to as high as 18, meaning one infected person can potential spread to 18 people. Most Chinese have caught Omicron only in the past few weeks. Due to the very high R0, China's infection peak may happen in just the next 2 weeks and then infection numbers will go down from then onwards.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/inactivated-vaccines-like-sinovac-may-prevent-severe-disease-in-covid-19-patients-study SINGAPORE - Though often considered inferior due to their induction of a lower antibody response compared with their mRNA counterparts, inactivated virus vaccines can play a role in preventing the development of severe Covid-19, a recent study has found. This research came out from Singapore, a country which mainly use mRNA vaccines such as Pfizer and Moderna.