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Thaksin: I'm chaozhou people from Meizhou.

2005-07-04 1 1:50:2 1

Jinyang reporter Sun. According to the report, on the afternoon of July 2, Thaksin flew from Meizhou to Chaozhou after visiting his mother's ancestral home. At the subsequent banquet, Thaksin publicly stated for the first time: I am also Chinese. From my parents' side, I am chaozhou people; From my mother's point of view, I am from Meizhou.

In this root-seeking trip, Thaksin was in a hurry. Yesterday afternoon, less than two hours after meeting in Meizhou, I rushed to Chaozhou. He said he was a fourth-generation Chinese, and his great-grandfather went to Thailand from Chaozhou, Guangdong. Thaksin shinawatra, 56, born in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, is a famous "people-friendly prime minister" in Thailand. Yesterday, at the welcome banquet held in Chaozhou, Thaksin made a humorous note for his success: I was told that if you were chaozhou people, you would be good at doing business; If you are a Hakka, you will go into politics. I am both, so to speak. Thaksin said that when he came to Chaozhou, where he felt familiar and returned to the place where his ancestors lived, "I don't know whether to speak Thai or Chaozhou dialect." This visit is not only a historic visit of Sino-Thai friendship, but also a "historic" visit for him personally.

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