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Everyone Is Reasonable: Chinese Assimilation in Thailand |
| Section: CULTURE / CROSSROADS |
| Author: Ben Barber |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1999 |
| Size: 2,148 Words, 13,720 Characters |
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She and her five thousand coworkers, many with small children resting under cloth sunshades, were demanding back and severance pay. The factory had shut down during the Asian economic crisis of 1997--98, which began with the collapse of the Thai baht. The factory owner who had closed the business, throwing them all out of work, was "a Chinese rich man," she grumbled.
Nevertheless, she quickly added, "there is no possibility" that the Thai would turn on their Chinese minority. Indonesians had done so during months of political and economic turmoil in late 1997 and early '98. There was concern that similar anti-Chinese riots could spread to the rest of Southeast Asia.
The Thai knew from their press and television that hundreds of ethnic Chinese had died or been raped in riots when Ind...
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...mers depend on the Chinese to borrow money. It's a dependent patron-client relationship, Pongsapich commented.
Wichai Wiramitchai, 41, a garage owner I interviewed as he left the Leng Neng Yi temple in Yowarat, says "Indonesia's anti-Chinese riots could not happen here. This is a different country."Thailand is a Buddhist country. Everyone is reasonable. They know what is right and wrong."n
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