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Kra Canal
![Thailand’s New Government Rebalances Its Relationship With China Thailand’s New Government Rebalances Its Relationship With China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-05-210602.jpg)
Thailand’s New Government Rebalances Its Relationship With China
By Tommy Walker
While relations between Bangkok and Beijing remain warm, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is pursuing a more diversified foreign policy.
![A Bad Idea Revisited: Thailand Pitches Prayut’s ‘Land Bridge’ to Beijing A Bad Idea Revisited: Thailand Pitches Prayut’s ‘Land Bridge’ to Beijing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-10-24-200444.jpg)
A Bad Idea Revisited: Thailand Pitches Prayut’s ‘Land Bridge’ to Beijing
By Mark S. Cogan
The costly infrastructure project would damage the environment and create an unhealthy economic dependence on China.
![Thailand's Kra Canal: China's Way Around the Malacca Strait Thailand's Kra Canal: China's Way Around the Malacca Strait](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_566594457688.jpg)
Thailand's Kra Canal: China's Way Around the Malacca Strait
By Rhea Menon
A 200-year-old dream might finally become a reality under China's Belt and Road.
![No, China Isn't Building a Game-Changing Canal in Thailand (Yet) No, China Isn't Building a Game-Changing Canal in Thailand (Yet)](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/Kra_Isthmus_1.jpg)
No, China Isn't Building a Game-Changing Canal in Thailand (Yet)
By Shannon Tiezzi
Both Beijing and Bangkok have denied any government agreement on the Kra Canal.
![How a Thai Canal Could Transform Southeast Asia How a Thai Canal Could Transform Southeast Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/Kra_Isthmus_1.jpg)
How a Thai Canal Could Transform Southeast Asia
By Ankit Panda
An idea to build a canal through southern Thailand could have broad geopolitical ramifications.
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