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**Inenuedbabnor** · 09-06-2006, 04:55 AM

All right siamjai, let's go back and i'll put a bit of me own thought into the article.

It was all right, had a few decent points but i also felt that it lacked.

I certainly dont agree with what the author had to say by this "food, handicrafts and history-rich destinations are China's best assets". Get out of it! China's best assets are it's 1.3billion cheap labour willing to work a 15 hour day. Brilliant asset! Has and will continue to give the world super cheap TVs, mobiles, DVDs furniture etc... Wait for the next 2-3 years when the Chinese are gonna plunge into the automobile markets!

In 'real terms' the Chinese economy is already worth 75% of America's and because of the rise of this new Superpower the western world including the leaders of virtually every western country has suddenly completely forgotten about China's Human Rights record. It's a known fact - if China invades Tiawan tomorrow you think the Americans are gonna help fight back. Dream On! Wal-mart is now the world's biggest company? How come? Cheap China goodies and that's it.

It's a another sad fact that in contrary to what the articles says The US, Europe etc... dont really give a darned about any Human Rights Abuses in Thailand. They may complain a bit but they dont want to upset any trade matters too. As for Burma, well they just don't have any attractive business agendas... so just put on whatever kinda embargos ya like.

The whole world and especially the West have been selling junk superficial ways to draw attention to their heritage for donkey's years. Look at the French for example they've been knocking of lotsa cultural mish-mash for decades and no one complains about their 20million+ tourists a year.

Everyone knows that PM Thaksin is a brilliant businessman. On OTOP, i'll side with Thaksin more than the author of this article. Of course there a quite a few things that i like and dislike about his policies but in this situation it has to be said that his OTOP idea has taken Thai Heritage to the world and may have been his best idea since coming into power.

Not too much different from say thai-blogs.com where we try to promote all the things about Thailand that was just completely un-known til not that long ago. Just a decade ago Thailand was known predominently for one thing and that was its ladies of the night. Now there are stacks of foreigners just intrigued by Thai Boxing, Thai Music, Thai Beaches etc..

Thaksin may sound superficial but at least he's trying to spread the decent cultural heritage of Thailand to the world. Sure, he's cocked-up on a few things but i'll leave them be for now.

PS: I dont agree with this quote too "Thailand's economy is in deep crisis". Rather pessimistic to say the least. Perhaps the author has a bicycle and hasnt realised that the world's oil prices have had a massive impact everywhere.

The forecast for Thailand's GDP growth for the fourth quarter has been cut slightly but geez, where in the world hasn't?

09-06-2006, 04:55 AM	#11
Inenuedbabnor Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 411 Senior Member	All right siamjai, let's go back and i'll put a bit of me own thought into the article. It was all right, had a few decent points but i also felt that it lacked. I certainly dont agree with what the author had to say by this "food, handicrafts and history-rich destinations are China's best assets". Get out of it! China's best assets are it's 1.3billion cheap labour willing to work a 15 hour day. Brilliant asset! Has and will continue to give the world super cheap TVs, mobiles, DVDs furniture etc... Wait for the next 2-3 years when the Chinese are gonna plunge into the automobile markets! In 'real terms' the Chinese economy is already worth 75% of America's and because of the rise of this new Superpower the western world including the leaders of virtually every western country has suddenly completely forgotten about China's Human Rights record. It's a known fact - if China invades Tiawan tomorrow you think the Americans are gonna help fight back. Dream On! Wal-mart is now the world's biggest company? How come? Cheap China goodies and that's it. It's a another sad fact that in contrary to what the articles says The US, Europe etc... dont really give a darned about any Human Rights Abuses in Thailand. They may complain a bit but they dont want to upset any trade matters too. As for Burma, well they just don't have any attractive business agendas... so just put on whatever kinda embargos ya like. The whole world and especially the West have been selling junk superficial ways to draw attention to their heritage for donkey's years. Look at the French for example they've been knocking of lotsa cultural mish-mash for decades and no one complains about their 20million+ tourists a year. Everyone knows that PM Thaksin is a brilliant businessman. On OTOP, i'll side with Thaksin more than the author of this article. Of course there a quite a few things that i like and dislike about his policies but in this situation it has to be said that his OTOP idea has taken Thai Heritage to the world and may have been his best idea since coming into power. Not too much different from say thai-blogs.com where we try to promote all the things about Thailand that was just completely un-known til not that long ago. Just a decade ago Thailand was known predominently for one thing and that was its ladies of the night. Now there are stacks of foreigners just intrigued by Thai Boxing, Thai Music, Thai Beaches etc.. Thaksin may sound superficial but at least he's trying to spread the decent cultural heritage of Thailand to the world. Sure, he's cocked-up on a few things but i'll leave them be for now. PS: I dont agree with this quote too "Thailand's economy is in deep crisis". Rather pessimistic to say the least. Perhaps the author has a bicycle and hasnt realised that the world's oil prices have had a massive impact everywhere. The forecast for Thailand's GDP growth for the fourth quarter has been cut slightly but geez, where in the world hasn't?
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