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EEC (3): Influence of Chinese Concepts on Thai Economic Development

By
Thammachart Kri-aksorn
5 May 2020
This report will explore the roots of the influence of Chinese concepts of development found in the ECC: the role of the Thai elite (specifically Somkid Jatusripitak), the big picture of economic and political changes in Thailand and China, and the history of modern Sino-Thai interdependence.

EEC (2): Hear the voice of the local people when the state-capital 'legally' grabs land

By
Kritsada Subpawanthanakun
21 Jan 2020
Over 30 years ago, [then Prime Minister] Gen Prem Tinsulanonda pushed the Eastern Seaboard Development programme to success, putting Thailand into the limelight amongst Southeast Asian nations. 32 new industrial estates were established, with almost 5,000 factories and over 50 billion dollars’ worth of investment.

EEC (1): Megaproject ‘exempt’ from investigation of basic principles – No coup, no project

By
Thammachart Kri-aksorn
20 Jan 2020
This report tries to show concerns about things that were beginning to occur in the eastern region when the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project was started under the dictatorship
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