I mean really close..

 

Aren't Thailand supposed to be a strategic ally of the west??

Seems that may no longer be the case.
 

Good, just remember, when you need the IMF to bail you out of the mess again, don't come crying to us k...

*Cough* (1997) *Cough*

 

Eric.

5 minutes ago, Stressed Eric said:

I mean really close..

Well they are physically really close and genetically really close

it makes sense to trade with your closest market.

 

'The West'  is morally and  literally bankrupt.. IMF a gangster

in disguise  ...Thailand has fully repaid the IMF loan after the crash caused in a large part by another western gangster   with friends like that who needs enemies. 

1 minute ago, johng said:

Well they are physically really close and genetically really close

it makes sense to trade with your closest market.

 

'The West'  is morally and  literally bankrupt.. IMF a gangster

in disguise  ...Thailand has fully repaid the IMF loan after the crash caused in a large part by another western gangster   with friends like that who needs enemies. 

..where was China when the kids were trapped in that cave??

 

Eric.

Just now, Stressed Eric said:

..where was China when the kids were trapped in that cave??

 

Eric.

Elon was calling the  lead expert  in that cave

( UK bloke living in Thailand ) a 'pedo guy'

 

China..perhaps they thought Thailand had it covered ???

don't really remember  as I didn't follow the story at the time.

They probably did send some help ?

 

1 minute ago, johng said:

perhaps they thought Thailand had it covered ???

Well they didn't.

 

It was western heroes who saved their lives.

 

Eric.

Siam used to send yearly tribute to imperial China.  On less grounds than that Tibet lost its independence.

41 minutes ago, Stressed Eric said:

..where was China when the kids were trapped in that cave??

 

Eric.

 

Google is your pengyou.

 

• China: A six-man team from the volunteer rescue organisation, the Beijing Peaceland Foundation, arrived on 29 June. The team brought rescue equipment including an underwater robot, diving equipment and a three-dimensional imager. A second Chinese team arrived on 30 June from the Green Boat Emergency Rescue organisation with expertise in search and rescue on mountains and in caves.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue

2 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Google is your pengyou.

 

• China: A six-man team from the volunteer rescue organisation, the Beijing Peaceland Foundation, arrived on 29 June. The team brought rescue equipment including an underwater robot, diving equipment and a three-dimensional imager. A second Chinese team arrived on 30 June from the Green Boat Emergency Rescue organisation with expertise in search and rescue on mountains and in caves.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue

Did they do any diving/physical rescuing that day?

 

Were they part of the salvage team?

 

Eric.

13 minutes ago, Stressed Eric said:

Did they do any diving/physical rescuing that day?

 

Were they part of the salvage team?

 

Eric.

 

Were you?

4 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Were you?

You are the one who purposefully dug china out of the wiki vaults in an attempt to prove a skewed point!!

 

Ridiculous.

 

Eric.

23 minutes ago, Stressed Eric said:

Were they part of the salvage team?

 

Eric.

Bob regularly plays catcher for the Soi 6 foot-ball team. They call themselves The Bell-Enders. Go figure. 

2 minutes ago, short-Timer said:

Bob regularly plays catcher for the Soi 6 foot-ball team. They call themselves The Bell-Enders. Go figure. 

Classless.

 

Eric.

2 minutes ago, Stressed Eric said:

Classless.

 

Eric.

Yep. It's the weekend now. No more classes until next week. 

1 minute ago, short-Timer said:

Yep. It's the weekend now. No more classes until next week. 

YOU are a teacher here????

 

No wonder Thailand is the way it is!

 

Eric.

48 minutes ago, Stressed Eric said:

You are the one who purposefully dug china out of the wiki vaults in an attempt to prove a skewed point!!

 

1 hour ago, Stressed Eric said:

..where was China when the kids were trapped in that cave??

 

Ridiculous.

2 hours ago, Stressed Eric said:

Did they do any diving/physical rescuing that day?

 

Were they part of the salvage team?

 

Eric.

How do you know they weren't ... because (anti CN) MSM told you a nice feel good story, and you watched the movie  

Continental drift?

Every country in the sphere of China is now under it's control through 'puppet friendly' leaderships. Friendly to the chore interests of China. It's no different to how America operates in it's own interests around the world. 

 

If you are anyone with leadership aspirations in the asian region, and you are not pro China, you have not a cats hell chance of getting into power. 

 

Go see what happens to any governments who go rogue and go against China, it's no coincidence those governments fall pretty quickly. 

 

There will be no bail out to IMF's anymore, China is going to be there for these countries - but at a cost, that they are there for the good of China. I give you a case in example, these bullet railways being around South East Asia going into China. They are there to help the business interests of China, to dump cheap exports into these countries. It's just one example. 

 

Trumps's idiotic ways has ruined hundreds of years of diplomatic relationships with many countries. Even India is now moving towards China's sphere. 

 

 

When you get to prison make sure you keep in with the gang boss on the floor who basically runs the place. Power is flowing away from the US/western hegemon now and rightly so - every dog has it's day. Thailand has a head start as well 11% of the population and probably 90% of the wealth is held by Thai/Chinese. 

Pre-Covid Chinese tourists came to Thailand in their millions; numbers dropped dramatically post-Covid as China encouraged her citizens to stay in China for their holidays.

Rama X is visiting China now. Will he ask China to send more of her citizens to Thailand for their holidays? What can Thailand give China in return? The right to manage casinos built in new entertainment complexes on land owned by Thai companies? Or something else? Something else being what?

 

7 hours ago, Stressed Eric said:

I mean really close..

 

Aren't Thailand supposed to be a strategic ally of the west??

Seems that may no longer be the case.
 

Good, just remember, when you need the IMF to bail you out of the mess again, don't come crying to us k...

*Cough* (1997) *Cough*

 

Eric.

 

Maybe it is because the USA have a president who tells his allies that he will not defend them (Taiwan, NATO), or that he levies excruciating high tariffs on them (Thailand 39%), or that investment by the Americans simply has been dismal over the last few years.

 

And China is literally a train ride away (if Thailand ever gets a train running from Nong Khai to the high speed rail link in Laos, that is).

 

And an American talking about the IMF is brave, seeing how you are not even able to keep your government running. The US is by now merely a joke...

What proportion of the Thai population has Chinese ancestry or Chinese ethnicity?

 

Remember, the Tai (sic) speakers arrived in Thailand about a thousand years ago.  Originating from present day southern China, other Tai speaking groups moved into present day northern Viet Nam, Laos, Myanmar and India.  But, that is history.

 

The first question, above relates to present day Thailand.

 

What proportion of the current Thai population have Chinese as a first or second language?

 

How many big Thai businesses have business interests in China?

 

How many Thai business people have close relationships with senior members of the Chinese Communist Party?

 

Of course, there is no need to address why there are so many illegal Chinese businesses and workers in Thailand, is there?

7 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

 They are there to help the business interests of China, to dump cheap exports into these countries. 

 

 

What do you mean "dump?"

Chinese goods are in shops all around the world because shoppers prefer them right?

Does Scotland dump it's whiskey in foreign countries? 

1 hour ago, sidjameson said:

What do you mean "dump?"

Chinese goods are in shops all around the world because shoppers prefer them right?

Does Scotland dump it's whiskey in foreign countries? 

 

Some countries would like to manufacture goods themselves. 

 

 

A very tiny microscopic example, but Thai workers were at a a loss that the market was flooded with elephant pants manufactured in China, which was normally manufactured by local thais in factories here. Of course this is just a very tiny example. 

 

But Thailand is a developing country and needs manufacturing for employment for it's population. 

3 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

Some countries would like to manufacture goods themselves. 

 

 

A very tiny microscopic example, but Thai workers were at a a loss that the market was flooded with elephant pants manufactured in China, which was normally manufactured by local thais in factories here. Of course this is just a very tiny example. 

 

But Thailand is a developing country and needs manufacturing for employment for it's population. 

China is also still technically a developing country.

 

Eric.

14 hours ago, short-Timer said:

Yep. It's the weekend now. No more classes until next week. 

Hahaha brilliant reply,have to be careful,the little princess eric gets very upset if no one likes his postings and goes on the cry baby tantrums.

Just now, theshu25 said:

Hahaha brilliant reply,have to be careful,the little princess eric gets very upset if no one likes his postings and goes on the cry baby tantrums.

 

Just now, theshu25 said:

Hahaha brilliant reply,have to be careful,the little princess eric gets very upset if no one likes his postings and goes on the cry baby tantrums.

You are easily impressed.

 

Eric.

4 minutes ago, Stressed Eric said:

You are easily impressed.

 

Eric.

Not by you,you are  pathetic,aa  whinger,moaaner crybaby.

3 minutes ago, theshu25 said:

Not by you,you are  pathetic,aa  whinger,moaaner crybaby.

No.

 

I'm honest, and you can't accept the facts.

 

There is a stark difference!

 

Eric.