New Mandala

Here is the text of an opinion piece I wrote for today’s Canberra Times:
Let the electorate judge the Thai Government’s fate
ANDREW WALKER
15/07/2008 11:32:00 AM
Only six months after the last election, Thai politics has, once again, descended into chaos. The Government is under attack in the courts, in Parliament and in the media. A determined and [...]

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Last week I wrote, somewhat sceptically, about a CNN report that high petrol prices in northern Thailand were encouraging a return to buffalos for ploughing. I was interested to hear what people thought about this in Baan Tiam, the northern Thai village were I have been doing research for several years.
On the face of it [...]

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