Word: thailander
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...join their husbands if they ever want to see them again. The Pathet Lao's reluctance to let its captives go is understandable: of 16 prisoners released from the Vieng Sai re-education camps in 1976, more than half eventually fled across the Mekong River into Thailand...
...policy that could be called "the two hands of Hanoi." On the one hand, they have waged war; on the other, they have mounted an intensive good-neighbor campaign. Ironically, the war is being waged against Communist neighbor and supposed ally Cambodia, while the peace offensive is aimed at Thailand and other members of ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
...Thailand, under a new, less antagonistic regime, welcomed the visit. The jovial Vietnamese were received at Bangkok airport with lilac-scented garlands called puang malais and elegantly chauffeured about town in capitalistic Cadillacs and Lincoln Continentals. There was even a cocktail party for Trinh, to which delegations from foreign embassies were invited...
...proposed air route between Bangkok and Hong Kong that involved Vietnamese air space was speedily approved in Hanoi even though relations with Thailand had been frosty. Meanwhile, although Hanoi's friendship with Peking is equally cool, Vietnamese Party Secretary General Le Duan recently visited the Chinese capital and came home with $300 million in aid. Le Duan, China watchers believe, also asked Peking to curb Pol Pot's government...
...those who deal in it, jade is a gamble. What leaves Burma seems mostly to be rocks, occasionally dotted with a tantalizing protrusion of green. When the rocks reach Thailand, after a journey of up to three days by truck, mule, boat and human porter, Chinese buyers guess how much jade, and what kind, may lie hidden beneath the drab surface of each stone. A skillful or lucky buyer can pay perhaps $5 per Ib. for rock that may yield thousands of dollars in jade...