Thailand adopts Mandarin Chinese as second language on all signage

[Big Boy]

Just what Thailand needs with ASEAN just around the corner.

A high recent influx of tourists to Thailand from China has convinced the Thai government to incorporate Mandarin Chinese on the country’s key signage, with the inclusion of the language likely to come at the expense of English.

The Thai government’s proposals to include Mandarin are at odds with previous legislation which ruled that Thai signs should only include one extra language in addition to the native Thai language. With Thai unlikely to be the one to make way for Mandarin, it appears that English will be sacrificed.

Mandarin is claimed to be the most spoken first language in the world with over 955 million people, an incredible 14.4% of the world having the language as their native tongue. English is the first language of only 360 million people.

Full story: Around the Moat

[oakdale160]

No surprise and Thai is non-compliant with most of ASEAN regulations --typical , ignore it and it will go away.

[JamesWest]

this is not a real news story. it is humor.

i did find one story one this web site that is not humor:
http://www.aroundthemoat.com/2015/03/13 ... l-turmoil/

[buksida]

Yep, moved this one to Foo as it seems the entire website is dedicated to joke articles.