Inflection EP11: US Encircling China – Target Thailand

We continue our discussion about the US strategy of encircling and containing China and focus on Thailand – a key partner of Beijing’s in the Belt and Road Initiative as well as a keen buyer of Chinese defense systems and a nation that counts China as its largest and most important trade partner.

We also touch on ongoing efforts by the US to destabilize both Hong Kong and China.

News:

Daniel Dumbrill on Twitter regarding US efforts to push Uyghurs back into poverty:
https://mobile.twitter.com/DanielDumb…

Al Jazeera – HK man sentenced to 9 years in first national security law case:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7…

Taiwan News – Retired Taiwan general tells military to overthrow DPP, surrender to China:
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news…

Taiwan News – Retired general says Taiwan’s combat capabilities are ‘close to none’:
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news…

Global Times – GT Voice: China could constructively facilitate Afghanistan’s economic reconstruction:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/20210…

Main Topic:

East-West Center, Washington DC – U.S. and Thailand Perspectives on Geostrategic Landscape and Regional Architecture:
https://youtu.be/nMw_BgpYzdo

US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations – MENENDEZ, DURBIN, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE SENATE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THAILAND’S PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT (2020):
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/…

Full Senate Resolution (PDF):
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/me…

BBC – Milk Tea Alliance: Twitter creates emoji for pro-democracy activists:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-5…

The Nation Thailand – iLaw launches petition for charter rewrite:
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-foc…

iLaw – About Us:
https://ilaw.or.th/about

US National Endowment for Democracy – Thailand 2020:
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/thail…