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Thai-China rail project: Korat in just 77 minutes
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/07/2017
» Railway to Nakhon Ratchasima will cost 535 baht & is key first step in future railway projects with China.
China-Thai railway deal: Really better than Yingluck's?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/06/2017
» Rail project really aims to please China & breaks laws created to give Thai public control over government spending & projects.
Man smuggling sperm & eggs into Laos arrested
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/04/2017
» Claiming that a mysterious Thai-Japanese man known only as Mr. Yu hired him, his big bag was full of sperm, eggs & embryos, customs officials discovered.
China's impact on the Thai economy
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/01/2017
» An increased flow of people & goods between Thailand & China means change & with change there are always costs & benefits, reactions to changes & more change.
Lao tax on border trade: 70-80% fall in trade
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/12/2016
» Surprise new border tax by Lao govt cuts border trade by 70-80%. Personal effects greater than $50 also taxed.
Modern trains Bangkok-Chiang Mai: Next month
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/07/2016
» New fashionable interiors, TV screens for movies & music, aircraft-style toilets, dining cars coming next month on Bangkok-Chiang Mai route.
Chiang Mai gets first new-look express train
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/06/2016
» New modern style rail carriages from China with restaurant cars & improved toilets scheduled for November at beginning of tourism season.
Thai-Chinese railway: Joint investment with China better, maybe
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/03/2016
» Double-track freight railway & motorways better investments. Govt could lose money on railway without co-investor & without passengers transiting to and from China on shortened route.
Thai-Chinese rail: Thai sole investor to speed it up
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/03/2016
» After China fails to agree to 2% or lower interest rate & 60% ownership in project, China will be used for project development, not investment to speed project up.
China to the rescue with Mekong water release
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/03/2016
» Thai farmers to benefit from China's release of water from dam on Mekong River to help drought-stricken farmlands along river.