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Knights, Lords, Barons & Burning Bangkok

The homemade, improvised barricades have finally been breached by armoured vehicles. Soldiers open fire at Red Shirt protestors, numbers unknown. Seeing their comrades fall, the Red Shirt leaders surrender. The government declares victory over the rebels, but instead of restoring peace, almost 30 buildings in Bangkok are set on fire. Similar acts of arson and

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Strong Words

Words are very powerful. They can cause nasty things to happen. Last night, I had a dream. A nightmare to be exact. Like Dr Cai Mingjie PhD, I ended up driving taxi for a living. Being new on the job, I listened to advice from all quarters, including our ministers. I remember someone saying that

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A Peasants’ Revolt

For people in Bangkok and Pattaya, the Easter weekend was anything but uneventful. Red shirt protesters stormed into the Royal Cliff Beach Resort and forced the cancellation of the ASEAN Summit. They later moved to Bangkok. Thai PM Abhisit Vejajiva then declared a state of emergency. Arrest warrants were issued for protest leaders, Thaksin called

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