Thais in Beijing are expecting muted Chinese New Year celebrations this year with the return of Covid-19 to their homeland weighing heavily on their minds.
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Siwattra Sinphasutadol, a 43-year-old China Media Group official, told the Bangkok Post that the number of Thais in Beijing and nearby cities had fallen dramatically recently — down to just 100 or even fewer, she estimated.
“Thai students who returned to Thailand during last year’s Chinese New Year have not come back due to the border restrictions and have had to take online classes instead.
“Many of them didn’t have the chance move their belongings from where they were staying,” she said, adding that even the Royal Thai Embassy’s celebration on Dec 5, which is usually a prominent event for Thais, was also scaled down last year and far fewer Thais attended.
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