Bangkok Post – Government taps Chinese influencers to boost exports

The government is planning to enlist Chinese social-media influencers to hawk things from the so-called elephant pants to local sweet delicacies to their followers back home, as part of the Southeast Asian nation’s bid to shore up exports to the world’s No. 2 economy.

Thirty to 50 of China’s top influencers will be invited to Thailand for a week in May, Deputy Prime…