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China has poured money into large infrastructure projects while South Korea has invested in the information technology sector. "Thailand’s relationship with its other neighbours like Burma, Laos and Malaysia do not compare with the relationship with Cambodia ... Disagreements do not result in the same kind of tension and trouble." This article may not be republished, broadcast, framed, or redistributed without the written permission of IPS – Inter Press Service. Full Article at Global Geopolitics News and Analysis
Thailand’s relationship with its other neighbours like Burma, Laos and Malaysia do not compare with the relationship with Cambodia ... Disagreements do not result in the same kind of tension and trouble.
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POLITICS: Thai-Cambodia Diplomatic Row Bares Decades-Long Rift
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We view the appointment of Thaksin as an interference in Thailand’s domestic affairs and disregard for Thailand’s judicial system ... Our reaction has been commensurate with the action of Cambodia.
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They do not have to depend on Thailand unlike before.
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Don’t allow anybody to use you as a pawn
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It is up to the Thai side to clarify the status of our relationship ... Cambodia wants to have good relations with Thailand.
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For years Thailand was an important investor in Cambodia and was always welcome, but now its predominant role has been replaced by China, Japan and others
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Cambodia views the appointment of Mr. Thaksin as an internal affair. We have had economic advisors to our prime minister before, like the current president of South Korea from 2000 till 2007 ... The Thai government is trying to mix things up.
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What we are witnessing is the love-hate relationship between the Thai and Cambodians. The problem has deep roots, going back to the Second World War period ... Anti-French feelings that Thais had towards the French when they were colonial rulers of Cambodia were transferred to anti-Cambodian feelings af...
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Bangkok’s educated people look down upon Cambodians as less educated and people that cannot be trusted and are unreliable.
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