China, Thailand agree to enhance military cooperation

[webfact]

China, Thailand agree to enhance military cooperation

Source: Xinhua|Editor: Yurou

 

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BANGKOK, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe here on Sunday, and the two sides agreed to further enhance military cooperation.

 

Thailand adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to actively participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, Prayut said, adding Thailand hopes to further strengthen economic and trade cooperation with China, and welcomes more Chinese investment in Thailand as the two countries mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties next year.

 

The Thai premier said he hoped the two countries would further strengthen military cooperation in equipment and technology, joint exercises and joint training, as well as multilateral security.

 

Wei said that under the guidance and encouragement of leaders of the two countries, bilateral relations have maintained good momentum with bountiful fruits yielded in all areas of cooperation.

 

Full story: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/17/c_138562358.htm

 

-- Xinhua 2019-11-18

[ezzra]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

agreed to further enhance military cooperation.

yeah, similar to an ant agreeing to 'enhanced military cooperation' with a lion... suffice to say that Thailand is pretty much a 'yes man' of china and all it's policies and whatever China says Thailand says Amen...

[AhFarangJa]

Yes Sir, No Sir, Three Bags full Sir. Please pass the next boot as I have finished licking this one.....

[metisdead]

An offensive troll post has been removed. 

[sungod]

Ha, hedge your bets, the same day they signed a new treaty with the US!

[kirbi53]

So they must of bought the Strikers and attack helicopters from the US as just a token gesture

Didn't they buy a lot more armored troop carriers from China a while back with a load of ammunition too

[Misterwhisper]

And yet another step towards China's quasi-colonization of Thailand. 

 

Edited November 18, 2019 by Misterwhisper

[mrmicbkktxl]

I find it amazing in the 70's army killed a lot of people because afraid of communists and now Thailand licks the backside of the chinese.prayuth should sit in prison for treason

[kirbi53]

So much for Cobra Gold it will be Red Dragon instead 

[genset]

Over 130k Civilians were interned in the Far East during WWII (including the Chaplain of Christ Church in Bangkok in 1941). Although ostensibly neutral until Japan invaded in 1941, they then entered into a military alliance treaty with the Japanese at the start of the Pacific War; the Thai's pretty much rolled over.

 

The idea of Thailand cosying up to China in a militaristic sense, does nothing for my feeling of long term security here, as the US relationship with China continues to deteriorate... I mean there's no possibility that we'd ever see internment camps in Thailand again, in order to round up control all those pesky farangs, if US/China ever transition from a cold, to a hot war right...?

[nev]

Not surprised most of the hiso are of Chinese ancestry.

[30la]

I believe more and more of the new Chinese province (Thailand)!

[neeray]

54 minutes ago, sungod said:

Ha, hedge your bets, the same day they signed a new treaty with the US!

Kind of like "riding two horses at the same time".

[pokerface1]

US disfunctional leadership vs Chinese focused military and political might. I don’t think it’s a difficult decision for Prayut. 

[Trevor A]

Oh dear - now Thailand is falling into the “debt for dollars” trap; like many Asian countries on the Belt Rd sham.

[IAMHERE]

Which is closer to China proper; Thailand or Taiwan?  I know which one is easier to march to.

[Assurancetourix]

1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said:

And yet another step towards China's quasi-colonization of Thailand. 

 

Exact ; but it is simply a return to what was the origin of Thailand;
Thais are mainly South Chinese people .

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe here on Sunday, and the two sides agreed to further enhance military cooperation.

As if Thailand were under threat from anyone?

[smedly]

Thailand future not looking good with these military men in charge, starting to look very clear the direction they are heading

[Isaan sailor]

No longer Thailand.  Now another Chinese colony: Chiland.

[norfolkc]

Slowly Slowly catch the Monkey 

[Srikcir]

34 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

Exact ; but it is simply a return to what was the origin of Thailand;
Thais are mainly South Chinese people .

But Chinese nationals are not of 100% unitary ethnicity.

The dominate ethnic group are the Han Chinese who govern the nation. 

But China's official 55 minorities are primarily in the south, west and north of China such as the Zhuang and Miao who mostly live in southern China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_China#Demographics_of_the_ethnic_minorities

So from a political perspective the current Thai government is not aligning its trade and security policies with the "southern" Chinese but with the Han Chinese.    

[holy cow cm]

As long as they suck up to the US and China it shows that they still think they can pull the wool over everyone's eyes. Their immigration policy follows China so they better be careful how they step on certain expats from certain countries fingers or they will have a lot more to lose as in investment and exports.

 

 

[Terek]

2 hours ago, mrmicbkktxl said:

I find it amazing in the 70's army killed a lot of people because afraid of communists and now Thailand licks the backside of the chinese.prayuth should sit in prison for treason

thing is that nowadays Chinese are less communists as western crazy pseudo liberals and leftists .... 

[Rancid]

Thailand has traditionally tried to have good relations with opposing stronger powers, so find nothing unusual in this. See that they are not breaking with the US, just trying to be more centrist.

As to Silk Road debts, how does it differ from IMF debts? All powers use debt as either a control mechanism or for plunder.

We have the current scenario of the current empire getting a bit wobbly and a new one emerging, its called hedging your bets.

[Misterwhisper]

47 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

As if Thailand were under threat from anyone?

Only under threat from its own populace who want more freedom and democracy, I guess. And as we have unfortunately witnessed on several occasions in the not too distant past, that's what the Thai military are really adept at defending themselves against.

[Assurancetourix]

21 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

But Chinese nationals are not of 100% unitary ethnicity.

I do not question what you write.
When I say that Thai people come from the south of China, it happened thousands of years ago when the Han and other ethnic groups currently populating China did not exist yet.

No country in the world, USA, Brazil, France ... no more China than Thailand has a "unique or unitary ethnicity"

[harada]

Walk into my parlour, said the spider to the fly.

[humbug]

4 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Exact ; but it is simply a return to what was the origin of Thailand;
Thais are mainly South Chinese people .

Dvaravati and Mon domination[edit]

Main article: Dvaravati

 

Mon Territory of Dvaravati

The area of Dvaravati (what is now Thailand) was first inhabited by Mon people who had arrived and appeared centuries earlier. The foundations of Buddhism in central Southeast Asia were laid between the 6th and 9th centuries when a Theravada Buddhist culture linked to the Mon people developed in central and northeastern Thailand. Theravadans believe that enlightenment can be obtained only by one living the life of a monk (and not by a layman). Unlike Mahayana Buddhists, who admit the texts of numerous Buddhas and Bodhisattvas into canon, Theravadans venerate only the Buddha Gautama, the founder of the religion. The Mon Buddhist kingdoms that rose in what are now parts of Laos and Central Plain of Thailand were collectively called Dvaravati.^[1]:27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavo_Kingdom#Background

 

Mon people are NOT Chinese but Aryan/India/Javanese; China was tiny 1500 years ago, compared to now, China started to become a large entitiy after the 13Century after it took over the Mongol empire, its why Thailand speaks the sanskrit and pali languages as its main language and NoT a Chinese language, as the so called Aryan cultures, for which Mon is one of them, influenced so much of Southeast asia, the culture ceremonies of Thailand are closer to India/Iran than China, but the last 150 years Thailand has seen an invasion of Chinese people coming to settle for many reasons, and i am sure the next 20 years will be similar because thats what the CCP nazi regime wants

Edited November 18, 2019 by humbug

[Isaan sailor]

China moving for the kill.  Thailand in Chinas stranglehold now.