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The People-to-people Exchange between Thailand and China under the Belt and Road Initiative
The document discusses people-to-people exchanges between Thailand and China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), highlighting aims such as enhancing cultural, academic, and tourism cooperation. It notes past limited cooperation prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasizes the need for active, multilateral strategies moving forward. The author suggests developing clear agendas for cultural cooperation while considering national and global contexts.
The People-to-people Exchange between Thailand and China under the Belt and Road Initiative
- 1. The People-to-people Exchange betweenThailand and China under the Belt and Road Initiative Chayanit Choedthammatorn 1st December 2022
- 2. Table of contents •What is people-to-people exchange? • People-to-people exchange between Thailand and China under BRI • Building people-to-people bond in the future
- 3. What is people-to-peopleexchange? • Aims to win the public support for deepening bilateral and multilateral cooperation. • Cultural and academic exchanges • Tourism cooperation and sports exchange • Disease control and medical cooperation • Sci-tech cooperation and personel training • Double-track communication between political parties and think tanks • Non-governmental exchanges and media cooperation
- 4. People-to-people exchange between Thailandand China under BR • There were a few Thai-Chinese cultural cooperation under BRI before COVID-19 outbreak – passive cooperation • Maritime Silk Road Confucius Institute (DPU) • The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Exhibition • Qin Shi Huang : The First Emperor of China and Terracotta Warriors • Mazu Cultural Exchange
- 5. Building people-to-people bondin the future • There should be active cooperation to maximize small state’s interest by dealing with China and BRI through ASEAN • Make it multilateral rather than bilateral • Need clear strategy and agenda to launch effective policy on cultural cooperation with BRI by not being dominated • should consider on national primary goals along with global situation before building cooperation
- 6. Issues to beconsidered • Xi Jinping’s 3rd term • China’s economic situation • Zero COVID policy • British Premiere Sunak looking to close Confucius Institute across the UK, also other European countries
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