as most thinks in thailand happen sometime never, unless of course some politicians palm gets well and truly greased, and my E T A to the next live is anytime in the next 20 years i really could not care less . as for the chinese having an eye on this area, theyve been taking over thailand by stealth for the last hundred years. the only rich thai, is a chinese thai.

yes it was with considerable interest that I saw NGC programme on container ports, how Shanghai is growing to be one of the worlds largest by making a container port out ofalmost nothing. Chinese long term plans are nothing new their history speaks vuolumes and then manpower was not a problem even less so now. the country has the money, the far sightedness and the intelligence.
Was it said in the Bible I think but not sure the yellow skin will take over the earth, or am I mis representing another saying.

i remember my mum saying something about that, but i have no doubt in my mind, that china will be the only super power in the next 20 years. they i think will achieve what no other country has achieved to date, and that is have the ability to build thier second empire, not by war or taking territory, but by business and finance they will own a big chunk of the world. as far as i know they already have vast sums in reserve and are seeking to invest in any foriegn country they can.