Chinese entourage talks ‘Sister City’ status

By The Phuket News

 

Zhanjiang Vice Mayor Ou Xianwei (left) and Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana exchange gifts yesterday (Sept 2). Photo: PR Dept
 

PHUKET:-- The Vice Mayor of Zhanjiang, in Guangdong Province in China, visited the Phuket Governor yesterday (Sept 2) to continue talks of twinning Phuket and Chinese southwestern Chinese city as “Sister Cities” and developing trade relations, especially in the areas of marine resources, tourism and shipbuilding technology.

 

Zhanjiang is a prefecture-level city at the southwestern end of Guangdong province with a population of of nearly 7 million people, with 1.6mn living in built-up areas.

 

In 2007, the city was named among China’s top 10 livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, released at the 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/chinese-entourage-talks-sister-city-status-72737.php#7i44BGhQZVTCrqiK.97

 

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"On Dec 5, 2016, Wang Jongbin led 14 officials from Zhanjiang to Phuket to discuss trade, investment, infrastructure and the development of the Phuket Deep Sea Port."

 

What type of vessels would you park in a deep sea port and why are they dealing with a relatively low level official for such an important piece of infrastructure?

Beware, one step towards Phuket becoming a Chinese Special Economic Zone like Sihanoukville in Cambodia! Thousands of Chinese pouring in to gamble at Chinese owned casinos????