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Intellectual paths of Thailand’s first generation China scholars: a research note on encountering and choices of Khien Theeravit and Sarasin Viraphol

This article studies the oral history interviews of two China scholars in Thailand by drawing upon each scholar’s encountering and choices. The focal points of the interviews are placed on their professional as well as social and on their local as well as international encountering with Chinese that shaped their choices and consequently their different intellectual paths and contribution to the knowledge and understanding of China in Thailand. The analysis compares and contrasts the factors similar and different to the first generation China scholars in Thailand.