Ep. 264 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 6)
Laszlo continues on with this light but a satisfying overview of the Thai-Chinese. With Field Marshal Phibun in charge in Bangkok, the flames of Thai nationalism are being furiously fanned and the ethnic Chinese inhabitants of Siam are feeling the heat. But with the ultimate defeat of Japan, the Chinese can finally breathe a sigh of relief….or could they?
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Terms in Episode
| Pinyin/Term | Chinese | Thai | English/Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chao Muong | Similar to the Chao Sua but primarily in the south of Thailand. They were also called Hokkien Rajah's | ||
| Chao Sua | Upper crust ethnic Chinese families who gained riches through their association with the royal house. | ||
| Chiang Kai-shek | 蒋介石 | เจียงไคเช็ก | 1887-1975, Military, political and revolutionary leader of the Republic of China |
| Chiang Rai | 清莱 | เมืองเชียงราย | City in the northernmost part of Thailand, near trhe borders of Laos and Burma |
| Chulalongkorn | 朱拉隆功 | จุฬาลงกรณ์ | Also, King Rama V, reigned 1868-1910, "The Great Beloved King" |
| Ho Chi Minh | 胡志明 | โฮจิมินห์ | 1890-1969 Vietnamese revolutionary who served as Chairman of the Worker's Party, Prime Minister and later President of Vietnam |
| Hokkien | 福建 | ฝูเจี้ยน | Overseas Fujian people who primarily came from the south, around Xiamen and Zhangzhou and all points in between |
| Huaqiao | 华侨 | ||
| Jiangxi province | 江西省 | เจียงซี | Interior province in the southeast of China |
| Jǐnggāngshān | 井冈山 | City and mountains in the southwest of Jiangxi province, famous for Mao's Jiangxi Soviet | |
| KMT | 国民党 | ก๊กมินตั๋ง | The Kuomintang (Guomindang) or Nationalist Party |
| Lukchin | |||
| Ming Dynasty | 明朝 | ราชวงศ์หมิง | Chinese dynasty that ran 1368-1644 |
| Mongkut | 蒙固王 | พระบาทสมเด็จพระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว | Fourth king of the Chakri Dynasty. reigned 1851-1868 |
| Nányáng | 南洋 | นันยาง | The "South Seas", the name for Southeast Asia |
| Plaek Phibunsongkhram | 銮披汶·颂堪 | แปลก พิบูลสงคราม | Field Marshal Phibun, 1897-1964, Thai military officer, politician, prime minister and dictator, collaborator |
| Prajadhipok | 巴差提朴 / 拉玛七世 | ประชาธิปก | 1893-1941, also known as Rama VII. He was reigning at the time of the Siamese Revolution of 1932 that made him the first Constitutional monarch |
| Qing | 清朝 | ราชวงศ์ชิง | The Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 |
| Shàntóu | 汕头 | ||
| Sun Yat-sen | 孙逸仙 | ซุนอี้เซียน | KMT founder and guiding light of the revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Called "The Father of Modern China" |
| Teochew | 潮州 | แต้จิ๋ว | Chinese born or descended from the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province |
| Tái | 台 | ภาษาไท or ภาษาไต | Tai language family spoken by many different ethnicities in Southeast Asia |
| Vajiravudh | 瓦栖拉兀 / 拉玛六世 | วชิราวุธ | King of Siam from 1910-1925 |
| Yala Province | 也拉府 | ยะลา | The southernmost province of Thailand, on the border with Malaysia |
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