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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

China and Thailand: Enhancing Military-Security Ties in the 21st Century

This week Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was in China for a 4-day visit, his first since taking office in January.

Samak, who is concurrently defense minister, met with Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie and the two sides agreed to strengthen bilateral military ties.

Although Thailand has been wracked by political uncertainty for over 18 months, this has not impaired the close relationship between Bangkok and Beijing.

Indeed, in the immediate aftermath of the September 2006 coup, China moved to embrace the new government while its treaty ally, the United States, looked on disapprovingly at the regression of Thai democracy.

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