Word: ratchaphol
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...trade that the Chiang Saen government is building a $63 million container port that's set to open in a few years' time, replacing the current port, which is itself only three years old. "Because of China, we have been able to breathe life back into Chiang Saen," says Ratchaphol Ornnim, the local chief customs inspector...
...estimated one-quarter of the population. And even in countries with less complicated historical ties to China, suspicions of an economic overpowering endure. Farmers in northern Thailand complain that they cannot compete with the influx of cheap Chinese-grown garlic, apples and onions. Even Thai customs official Ratchaphol expresses reservations about the future container port he is helping oversee. "We don't get many of the benefits," he says. "Most of our own people are not very educated, so the Chinese just bring in their own employees...
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