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Love Thy Neighbor—Thai-Burmese Relations

As a Thai, I would like to correct your article. Although Thai students are still learning the history of the burning of Ayutthaya by the Burmese army, I don’t think the modern Thais have anything against the Burmese. It’s like 200 years ago, and none of them care about the history anymore. They just learned it as a part of a history lesson. Yes, of course, there may still be some Thais who look down toward Burmese, but it has nothing to do with the Ayutthaya burning.

You can find such looks anywhere—a city man looking down on a red-neck, even in Thailand people in the city look down on people upcountry. It’s normal and it happens everywhere.

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