Thaification
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Thaification, or Thai-ization, is the process by which people of different cultural and ethnic origins living in Thailand become assimilated to the country's dominant culture: that of Central Thailand
A name board on a wat in Chiang Mai written in the Tai Tham alphabet ("Lan Na alphabet", อักษรธรรมล้านนา). The use of this script was discouraged and the Northern Thai language is now written with the Thai alphabet.
Thai Chinese
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Thai Chinese, also known as Chinese Thais or Sino-Thais, are Thai citizens of Chinese ethnicity or ancestry. They form the largest mixed-ethnic group in Thailand and the largest overseas Chinese commu
Thaification
…anti-democratic counterparts to effect kingdom-wide dominance by the Central Thai culture. Minority-owned businesses, like the traditionally-merchant Thai Chinese were aggressively acquired by the state, which gave preferential contracts to ethnic Central Thais and cooperative ethnic Chinese. Thai identity was…
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, a Chinese Buddhist temple in Thailand
The Stock Exchange of Thailand is now pullulated with a myriad of prospering Chinese-owned businesses. Thai investors of Chinese ancestry dominate the Stock Exchange of Thailand as they are estimated to control more than four-fifths of the publicly listed companies by market capitalization.
Bangkok continues to serve as Thailand's major financial district and central business networking nucleus for Thai businessmen and investors of Chinese ancestry.
Chao Pho Ongkharak Chinese shrine in Ongkharak