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Thailand• Thailand is the only

country in south-east Asia to have escaped colonial rule. Buddhist religion, the monarchy and the military have helped to shape its society and politics.

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15581957

Introduction to Thailand

Politics:Thailand returned to civilian rule in 2008 after a bloodless military coup in 2006Economy:It has an export-led economy, but tourism is also a major industryInternational:There have been clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops over disputed border regions since 2009

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1.Policy

• Thai industrial complex suffers deadly fire and blast (6 May 2012 )

• At least 12 people have been killed and more than 100 injured as explosions and a fire hit Thailand's largest petro-chemical complex.

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17975367

Thousands mourn Thai princess at royal funeral 9 April 2012

• Thousands have paid their last respects to the first cousin to the king of Thailand, Princess Bejaratana

• Princess Bejaratana died in July 2011 at the age of 85 and had lain in state since then

• Her remains were transported in a large golden urn atop a gilded teak chariot pulled by more than 200 men in one of three processions

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17657346

No Peace: Why Conflict Persists in Thailand’s Deep South April 23, 2012

In late March, a series of orchestrated bomb blasts shook southern Thailand, killing 14 people and drawing the world’s attention to one of Southeast Asia’s longest-running conflicts. The deadly attacks targeted civilians and tourists in the region’s bustling commercial corridors, an ominous sign, say security analysts, that the “low-intensity” insurgency led by Thailand’s ethnic Malay Muslims against the Buddhist-majority state is taking a more audacious turn

http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/04/23/thailand-insurgency/#ixzz1vNHqUpvv

TIME

• Thailand's red shirts are an anti-government group that supports the country's deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Their movement has gathered force and energy in the last few weeks as thousands of their members have protested in the streets of Bangkok. The demonstrations have led to clashes with soldiers and so far more than 20 people have been killed. Some of the victims were memorialized at a funeral on April 11

Thai bomb squad officials inspect the site of an explosion in Bangkok on February 14, 2012

Ten days after the U.S. government lifted an alert for possible terrorist attacks in Thailand, the bombs went off. Five people were injured when three devices exploded in central Bangkok on Tuesday, including a man believed to be an Iranian who blew off his own legs while trying to throw a bomb at police. Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra urged the public not to panic and to wait for security officials to investigate the incident before presuming the blasts were related to terrorism. She scheduled an urgent meeting of Thai intelligence agencies for early Wednesday morning.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2106797,00.html#ixzz1vNQif3QP

No.3 , B District 2011.4.20The Thailandese actor TAE and

the Chinese actor Deng Ziyi worked together to finished this movie . It was a dracula movie . During the work time , because of the distance of cultures , It was a little hard for them to act fluently .

read more :http://baike.baidu.com/view/4

744986.htm

In relation to China

Entertainment

• khon:dance with a mask .it's a folk dance in Thailand .It aims to advertise the Buddhism （佛教）。

• the another famous dance is performed by shemale ( 人妖） who is very sexy .

over the past 10 years , Kong fu adn muay thai , which is better .

In 2011, there is a match between them in Haikou, but the winner is a Chinese (4:1), so many people are crazy for it

It's just the communciation between us . Actually there is no winner .

read more :http://www.k-o.cc/xiwen/boji/zt/2011/11

12/6020.html

Kong fu VS Muay Thai( 泰拳）

• The night life of Thailand is very famous , especially the hot spring .

• Muay Thai( 泰拳） is the represent of entertainment of Thailand . So is the the performance of animals such elephant and crocodile( 鳄鱼）

2.Economy

• Thailand Profits From Health Care to Arab Patients 2012.2.8• The hospital, in central Bangkok, now makes a point of catering to the

specific needs of patients from the Middle East. Its facilities include a kitchen preparing halal meals and the presence of 80 Arabic translators and three resident Arabic-speaking doctors on call.According to data provided by the hospital, Bumrungrad treated fewer than 10,000 Arab patients a year before Sept. 11, 2001, when the United States tightened security and immigration laws, cracking down on travel from the Middle East in the wake of the terrorist attacks. By 2003 the number had risen to 22,000 and the trend has continued steadily since, with increases in patient numbers averaging 15 percent a year over the past three years

• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/world/middleeast/09iht-m09-gulf-medical.html?pagewanted=1&ref=thailand

the meeting of economy

• In 2012 , there is a meeting about the cassava( 木薯），Thailand offer the information about the market of it cassava in the world ,and China analize the market , the cooperation help both China and Thailand to find the business opportunity .

• read more :• http://blog.163.com/yuanzh

ang_li/blog/static/4361236201212963046731/

The third world country

• It's the third world country . The most well-known business are the drug and statue of god( 神像） .

• The situation of road , park , building, traffic, wharf( 码头 ) is not very good . There also many poor families stay together .

the cooperation of the two countries

• Amarin is one of the best companies in Thailand . 3 years ago it invested about 1 billion RMB to build a branch in Hubei province . several monthes later ,more and more Chinese investor were involved . Recently the Chinese bring in the technology to help the company .

Now the company has producted much flower drinks , which can make you sane . of course it threatens wong lo kat( 王老吉）

read more :http://www.amarin.com.cn/about.asp

History of economy

• Several years before it is one of the four Asian tigers . But because China develops so fast, so it falls down .

• During 1985 to 1995 , the speed of it's economy was the fastest in the world . But in 1997 , the financial crisis happened in Asian , so it falls down . In 1999 , the economy began to recover , based on export and travel .

3.News• A retired truck driver who

was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison for sending text messages gedeemed insulting to Thailand’s monarchy died in prison on Tuesday, his lawyer said.

• The man, Ampon Tangnoppakul, 61, was sentenced in November to five years for each of four text messages sent from his mobile phone.

• May 8, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/world/asia/thai-man-jailed-for-insulting-king-dies-in-detention.html?ref=thailand&gwh=3D6E8301665EEF16D24CEDC62C8DDEDF

Thai police arrest man with babies' bodies for black magic 18 May 2012

• Thai police arrested a British citizen on Friday after the bodies of six babies thought to have been used in a black magic ritual were found stuffed into travel bags in a Bangkok hotel room.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18117808

Billionaire Founder of Red Bull Dies in Thailand March 18, 2012,• A founder of the Red Bull

empire, a self-made Thai billionaire who came up with the original formula for the high-octane energy drink, has died in Bangkok.

• Chaleo Yoovidhya was 89 or 90, according to varying accounts in the Thai media, who said he died Saturday of natural causes at a Bangkok hospital.

Three workers killed in Thailand skyscraper accident 7 May 2012

Three men have fallen to their deaths from Thailand's tallest building when a cable supporting the platform they were standing on to install advertising broke, police have said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17983422

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