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MG still a good choice for EVs
Published on 02/10/2023
» Earlier this year, MG celebrated its EV delivery milestone in Thailand with 10,000 electric vehicles sold here during the past five years. While the first electric MG sold in Thailand was the ZS EV back in 2019, the company started expanding its electric car line-up with additional models such as the EP station wagon, MG4 hatchback, MAXUS9 van and the ES featured in this review.
Thailand EV sales shatter forecasts
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 30/09/2023
» We have revised our electric vehicle (EV) sales forecast for Thailand substantially higher in light of a much better than expected first-half performance, with EV sales totalling 49,319, exceeding our original full-year outlook.
5m Chinese likely from visa-free policy
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 26/09/2023
» At least five million Chinese tourists are expected to visit Thailand by the end of the year after the government's visa-free policy for China and Kazakhstan went into effect on Monday, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
PM personally welcomes visa-free tourists at airport
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 25/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin personally welcomed Chinese tourists at Suvarnabhumi airport on Monday, the first day of the government's visa-free promotion for visitors from China and Kazakhstan.
Ban recreational use of cannabis, official says
Post Reporters, Published on 24/09/2023
» Cannabis use for recreational purposes should be totally banned, and parts of the plant with a high content of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) should be reinstated as narcotics on the list of narcotics, according to Dr Rasmon Kalayasiri, director of the Centre for Addiction Studies.
China in 'strategic partnership' with Syria
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» HANGZHOU, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a "strategic partnership" with Syria on Friday during talks with President Bashar al-Assad, who is seeking financial support to help rebuild his devastated country.
Syria's Assad visits China seeking funds
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad begins on Thursday his first official trip to China in almost two decades, where he will ask a longtime ally for financial support to help rebuild his devastated country.
Can Thai passports' power get a lift?
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 19/09/2023
» At the first cabinet meeting last week, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced one of the government's priorities -- improving the power of Thai passports. It is a headline goal that will require extraordinary efforts to achieve. Upgrading a national passport to a higher level involves numerous factors -- economic, socio-cultural, and political -- as well as the general optics of the partnership countries. After all, the large number of visitors to a country is not an indicator of how powerful its passport is. A country might be given more visa-free accessibility and be popular for foreign passports, but its own passport's power can still be low.
The Beijing Consensus offers cautionary tale
Oped, Published on 19/09/2023
» For four decades, "Made in China" has been a defining feature of global capitalism. But a wave of disappointing economic news from China has given rise to increasingly gloomy forecasts, with some going so far as to argue that decline is imminent. There has been much speculation about this reversal's implications for the global economy, but what does it mean for development theory?
Billions pledged for green development in Africa
AFP, Published on 05/09/2023
» NAIROBI - The United Arab Emirates pledged $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa on Tuesday at a landmark climate summit aimed to showcase the continent's potential as a green powerhouse.