Academics in Thailand welcomed news yesterday that Chinese leader President Xi Jinping secured an historic third five-year term as general secretary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. President Xi’s third term will be viewed as undemocratic and autocratic by the Western powers but Thailand’s top boffins believe continuation is the key which will benefit the kingdom and ASEAN countries. Thai academics reckon the nation needs to remain impartial to the West’s belligerent war-like attitude toward the mainland and grow its economy with China. Piti Srisangnam, director for academic affairs at Chulalongkorn University’s ASEAN Studies Centre, told Bangkok Post that he […]
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