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Erasing Thaksin’s “anomalies”

June 7th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 42 Comments

Thailand’s military regime is intent on erasing the political legacy of the Thaksin era.
At today’s ANU presentation by political scientist Surin Maisrikrod  post-coup politics in Thailand was explored in terms of the “anomalies” of the Thaksin regime. To my count, five main anomalies were identified. (By “anomalies” I presume Surin meant things which set Thaksin’s government apart from previous [...]

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Tags: Coup · Thailand · Thaksin

Scenes from Sipsongpanna

June 7th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 4 Comments

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Tags: China · Snapshots · Yunnan Fringe