Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited his ancestral home in South China on Saturday, ending his three-day official visit as guest of Premier Wen Jiabao.
Thaksin took his son to visit the house where his grandfather once lived in Meixian County, Meizhou city in Guangdong, the province which is the ancestral home of many Thai-Chinese.
Thaksin shook hands with Qiu Rongxiu, his 86-year-old aunt-in-law, who awaited Thaksin at the front gate of her traditional Hakka home.
Thaksin spoke to her and other family members in the local dialect
"When the Chinese people see a Thai leader and so many entrepreneurs come to China to pay homage to the place where their ancestors once lived, they will understand that the Thais and Chinese are from one family, and they are relatives," said Thaksin in an interview with Xinhua prior to his China tour.
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China now got Thailand.....don't need Singapore now.....
iveco
Thaksin is a Hakka, so is Mahachon leader Anek Laothamthas. Both come from the north or northeast of Thailand. The Teochews, meanwhile are mainly in the peninsular region. Some of those Thai Chinese from the south have Chinese names, unlike their counterparts in the north, whose names are virtually indistinguishable from that of the native Thais.
sgdiehard
Originally posted by Dr Who:
China now got Thailand.....don't need Singapore now.....