The article was first published by TODAY on 3 August 2017. This is adapted from a longer piece that first appeared in ISEAS Perspective 2017/54 China’s “Shame Offensive”: The Omission of Thailand’s Prime Minister from the Belt and Road Initiative Summit 2017.
Dr Pongphisoot (Paul) Busbarat is Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
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