SurinBum Posted August 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 So what is 'Thai'....really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 More or less what anyone wants it to be. How many Thais are only 2 or 3 generations removed from China? (Think of most politicians.) I quickly learned not to call anyone from Isaan a Lao. They'll snap back with something like : "We used to be Lao, but now we're Thai!" Okay, if they say so. Main problem in Pattani is that many do not say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 So what is 'Thai'....really? every region outside Isarn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurinBum Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 So what is 'Thai'....really? every region outside Isarn Most regions aside from Isaan don't consider themselves Thai/Tai. Seems as the most purist blood line and ancestry is reserved for that limited population of the Central Plain. I know elders in Sukhothai that can't find a true line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I never knew this till recently - Thailand has the second largest Chinese population outside of China - coming second after Indonesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Bangkok has traditionally been a Chinese city, since the Chinese immigrants tend to be urban dwellers. The government in the 1930s required all shops to post their signs in Thai as well as Chinese, since so many Thais complained when they came to the capital and felt they were in a freign country. The Chinese Thais assimilated (at least superficially), but I've heard many of them gloat over the way they have taken over the country. The Thais say they have never been colonised. Nonsense - the Chinese colonised them. Think Thaksin, Sondhi, Abhisit, Chuan etc etc etc. Who owns the biggest businesses? Who owns the banks? Then think of who drives the taxis, works in bars, who are the labourers and farmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 100% agree - Also who are the ex Communists as well They sit on all sides of political fence - cover the bases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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