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Xi's global bid sends shivers down my spine
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/05/2017
» Watching China's President Xi Jinping meeting world leaders at the Belt and Road forum in Beijing on news reports this week has given me a mixed feeling of astonishment while sending chills down my spine.
Against the flow
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/01/2017
» From the urban office worker to the village boatman, many people's lives are changing -- for better or for worse -- with the growing influence of China in the Mekong region. This situation has produced a mixed set of reactions.
Caught up in a tourist trap
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/07/2016
» 'You catch anything?" I ask fisherman Bueak while sitting in the back of his boat.
Damned if you do,damned if you don't
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/05/2016
» In the late 1980s, Chatichai Choonhavan's government promised an ambitious water diversion project to provide a constant supply of water to the dry Northeast.
Trouble swells on the Mekong
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/02/2015
» When construction of the Xayaburi dam's second stage began late last month, fishermen in villages along the Mekong River grew concerned that unpredictable man-made tides will further decimate fish populations and force the fishermen out of work.