Bangkok Gallery Censors Exhibition Under Beijing Pressure

One of Thailand’s premier art venues—the Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre—pulled or altered works from an exhibit titled Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the Global Machinery of Authoritarian Solidarity, following pressure from the Chinese embassy, relayed through Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bangkok’s Metropolitan Administration. Pieces by Tibetan, Hong Kong, and Uyghur artists were edited to obscure place names and even the artists’ names; multimedia installations, flags, and critical imagery were removed entirely. Co‑curator Sai, a Myanmar artist, called the censorship “tragically ironic” for an exhibit about authoritarian regimes, warning that Thailand’s historic role as a refuge for dissenters is now at risk.

CCP tolerates no negativity or anything that shows China in a bad light both internally and externally. Some on here mistakenly use the term dictator. Xi is a dictator and Thailand bends the knee.