Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor (GWM) plans to begin production of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at its plant in Thailand in 2023, as China is expected to become a major EV manufacturing base in the future.
Chinese cemeteries in Thailand
Thais generally have themselves cremated after their death. The urn filled with ashes can then be kept at home or in a special spirit house or bricked into a temple wall somewhere, according to financial possibilities and religious needs.
New Year's gift for the tourism industry: 'Chinese tourists are welcome in Thailand'
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports wants a travel bubble with China as a New Year's gift for the tourism industry. The Chinese may then travel to Thailand during the Chinese New Year as the first group without mandatory quarantine.
Reader question: Can Chinese work as guides in Thailand?
There are professions in Thailand that a foreigner is not allowed to perform. You can read that on the following list. You can see that it says "Tour guiding or conducting". So someone with non-Thai nationality is not allowed to be a tourist guide. But then I wonder if there are any exceptions for Chinese guides? I have seen many Chinese in groups with a Chinese guide in Thailand.
The first two groups of Chinese tourists with STV will arrive in Thailand on October 20 and 26
Two groups of Chinese tourists with a Special Tourist Visa (STV) will arrive in Thailand on October 20 and 26, Minister Phiphat (Tourism and Sports) confirmed.
Armed robbery of wealthy Chinese in Pattaya
In the Nongprue district of Pattaya, the extremely luxurious Siam Royal View resort with security guards is located on Soi Khao Talo. The houses are built at different heights so that an optimal view can be enjoyed. On Monday evening, a gang of 5 men managed to evade security and attacked two Chinese, 38-year-old Su Chi Hong and 31-year-old Su Long Chang, and forced them to open the safe at gunpoint.
Various loanshark and drug gangs arrested in Thailand
In the last few weeks, the Thai police have managed to bust several loanshark and drug gangs. It started with the arrest of two Chinese nationals, Lang Zhu, 29, and Song Song Zhu, 28, who were arrested June 22 outside the Riviera Hotel on Wong Amat Beach in Naklua.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) office in China does not expect many Chinese tourists to come to Thailand again soon if the travel ban is lifted. The Chinese simply have less money to spend due to the corona crisis, which is also hitting China hard. Unemployment among the Chiese working population, for example, has risen sharply.
What direction will tourism in Thailand take? Fear still reigns in Thailand at the moment. But at some point they will have to make the switch there too. Trial balloons are released here and there, but there is little talk of a real plan for the future.
Chinese gamblers arrested in Pattaya
Some people feel they can live above the law. A misconception as it turned out. Local residents found it strange that people came to a closed restaurant in the evening.
'Chinese are eager to travel to Thailand again'
Some groups of Chinese say they are ready to pack their bags and travel again. And surprisingly, Thai tour operators say they are preparing for a return of Chinese tourists.
Three more new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Thailand, bringing the country's total to 40. Two of the new patients, all Thai, returned from a holiday on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido and came into contact with the third patient, an 8-year-old boy.
Although the number of infections with the new coronavirus Covid-19 in Thailand remains at 35, another Asian country has been hit hard. South Korea has now registered 763 infections, the largest number outside China. In all likelihood, the situation in North Korea is also worrying, but that country is not releasing any information.
Update Coronavirus (12): Virus advancing outside China. The WHO warns of a health crisis
The number of Covid-19 infections outside China is increasing sharply. The number of infections with the corona virus has increased considerably in South Korea in particular. There are now 346 known cases, where there were 156 yesterday. Most of the infections come from a Chinese woman who attended a church in Daegu, the country's fourth-largest city. The death toll in South Korea is two. A woman in her fifties and a 63-year-old man have died from the effects of the virus. The prime minister said yesterday that the country has entered an emergency situation.
China opened up about the corona virus yesterday. The data of 44.000 cases of illness have been analyzed for this purpose and it appears that 81 percent of the infections can be called 'mild'.
Update Coronavirus (10): Red Cross opens giro 7244 against the spread of coronavirus
The Red Cross opens giro 7244 to collect money and prevent the spread of Covid-19. The aid organization says it needs 30 million euros to scale up aid worldwide.
After almost two weeks longer than planned, the passengers of the Dutch cruise ship Westerdam went ashore in Cambodia. They were received on the pier of the coastal town of Sihanoukville by Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, who turned it into a true media show.