By Woraprat Lerpaisal

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Chinese embassy in Bangkok said on Saturday that the Chinese government has pledged to donate medical supplies worth 10 million yuan (about 50 million baht) to Thailand, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

According to the Chinese embassy’s Facebook post, China will stand with Thailand in overcoming the crisis and the donation is to express the goodwill that the Chinese government has for the Thai people and to strengthen the friendship between the two countries. The donated equipment will include oxygen concentrators, fingertip pulse oximeters and other medical supplies.

 

Chinese ambassador to Thailand Han Zhiqiang said bilateral exchanges and cooperation have brought the countries closer together. China and Thailand are fighting the pandemic shoulder to shoulder and helping each other through a challenging time.

 

Mr. Han Zhiqiang stressed the need to strengthen cooperation in the fight against COVID-19, saying all sectors have been making concerted efforts to eradicate infections and he is confident the pandemic will eventually be overcome.

 

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I hear Taiwan recently launched a new vaccine, I wonder if that will eventually be made available here in Thailand?

 

We gave you the virus,,for free,, now  you can have this     c..p  to    help, and its free too.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Chinese embassy in Bangkok said on Saturday that the Chinese government has pledged to donate medical supplies worth 10 million yuan (about 50 million baht) to Thailand, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

My my, the once powerhouse of Asia is now scraping by on donations... what happened?

[rhetorical question]

30 minutes ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

We gave you the virus,,for free,, now  you can have this     c..p  to    help, and its free too.

Nothing is free... 

32 minutes ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

We gave you the virus,,for free,, now  you can have this     c..p  to    help, and its free too.

They have also made rather a tidy sum from a cheap to produce vaccine that had dubious efficacy. Distraction I see......

Thai people are generally proud people 

 

It must be really embarrassing that this government has put the nation in this position of needing donations, the image in my mind is of the beggars on the streets of Pattaya doing the bars with the begging bowl out

 

shameful

Two remarkable things about this. One, the fact that the onetime "Tiger of SE Asia" has descended to the level, where they are now a desperate and needy recipient of charity. Blame Prayuth.

 

Two, that China is actually doing some charity. PR no doubt, and fairly easy to buy the favor of this administration. Blame Prayuth.

Guilty conscience!

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

now scraping by on donations... what happened?

Too many brown envelopes????

From streetwalkers to beggars doesn't look good