Thailand has a proven track record of managing between great power for decades. Its foreign policy has been compared to “bamboo politics,” which bends with the weather but doesn’t deflate.
Former Thai authorities permanent minister and vice chancellor for foreign affairs, Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, said,” We need the Chinese, but we also need to stand up to China.” Thailand does exercise leadership in Southeast Asia, but we can’t demonstrate that we are under their pressure.
He continued,” We also need the US to maintain the balance of energy, but it’s undoubtedly not in our interests to coincide with the US against China.”
Dr. Pavin Chavalpongpun, a professor at Kyoto University’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies, does not anticipate a significant change in focus toward China. There haven’t been any significant changes in Thai-Chinese relationships, according to me. He claimed that this kind of relation has existed for some time.  ,
He noted that previous Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had visited his family’s burial grounds in China, where his daughter and current prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra are regarded as his proxy.  ,
Fourth-generation Hakka Chinese immigrants with ancient origins in Guangdong, China, are Thaksin and his girlfriend Yingluck, who was also primary secretary before being dismissed in the coup in 2014. Thaksin and his sister visited the ancient village in 2001, and in 2014 he once more visited the area.  ,
However, Thailand has excelled at balancing the great powers, and these are trying times, and Thailand’s deportation of the Uyghurs is a direct result of its bad diplomacy. They may have deported the Tamils, but with more intelligence, Dr. Pavin claimed.  ,
A top Thai national rebuffed the claim, calling the idea flawed, when asked whether it was accurate to conclude that the Uyghur show suggested Thailand was tilting toward or perhaps deferring to China.
The official said,” It’s not a yes or no response.” It’s about making accommodations.
Previous international journalist, separate author, and writer Nirmal Ghosh has locations in Thailand and Singapore.