Thailand slips deeper into China's embrace
Mar 7, 2016 0:04:11 GMT -6
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Post by 727sky on Mar 7, 2016 0:04:11 GMT -6
A couple of years ago I wrote that this would be happening. I hate it when I am right especially when I am right about our inept state department.
Thailand slips deeper into China's embrace
Tan Hui Yee Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok
Beijing's naval aid plus treatment of Chinese dissidents in Kingdom leave some uneasy
BANGKOK: -- Thailand's navy wants to buy a submarine - and China's offer looks tempting. It is not only cheaper than the rest, but reportedly includes technology transfer and training. That, in a nutshell, describes the kind of friendship that China extends to the Thai military government now - a relationship smoothed by appealing deals unattached to the political doctrines championed by much of the Western world.
Work on the Sino-Thai railway project that will give the trans-Asian rail network a sea outlet broke ground last December.
Chinese and Thai air forces held their first joint exercise last year, shortly after Thailand received a visit from the vice-chairman of China's powerful Central Military Commission.
Tan Hui Yee Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok
Beijing's naval aid plus treatment of Chinese dissidents in Kingdom leave some uneasy
BANGKOK: -- Thailand's navy wants to buy a submarine - and China's offer looks tempting. It is not only cheaper than the rest, but reportedly includes technology transfer and training. That, in a nutshell, describes the kind of friendship that China extends to the Thai military government now - a relationship smoothed by appealing deals unattached to the political doctrines championed by much of the Western world.
Work on the Sino-Thai railway project that will give the trans-Asian rail network a sea outlet broke ground last December.
Chinese and Thai air forces held their first joint exercise last year, shortly after Thailand received a visit from the vice-chairman of China's powerful Central Military Commission.
