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Kuominthai after almost 40 years

June 15th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 6 Comments

It was the first time Meisun sae Chao, a descendant of a Chinese soldier in the Kuomintang army, had felt true happiness.
The woman, who was born and lives on the mountain of Doi Mae Salong, had just become a Thai under the government’s naturalisation scheme.
Sharing the happiness in a ceremony to take an oath of [...]

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Tags: China · Northern Thailand · Trans-Border Issues