John Fitzpatrick. About New China, the Koreas, Myanmar, Thailand, and also about Japanese and Chinese writers and poets. The main emphasis is on North Asia and the political tectonics of this very important, powerful, and many-peopled area.
Monday, 17 October 2016
Love is deep and irrational, and you can see this in a very special way in Thailand with the death of King Rama IX. 65 million people in mourning, profound mourning. Deeply Personal Grief. I think the Thai people are quite unique in this way. Yet the manifestations of grief are universally human...and do include lashing out, scapegoating, shooting the messenger, rebellion, etc so it is and will be a very difficult time. I expect there will be a long period of sadness and respect ...six months...and then the country will fall into 3 pieces and the instability will spread throughout South East Asia and there will be a decade of instability in that region, including Australia.
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