Ep. 265 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 7)
We bring this light but informative series about the history of the Thai Chinese to a close in this 7th episode. This time we wind things down with events that happened during and after WWII with a patented CHP rush to the finish with Thailand’s role in the region as a modern economic powerhouse.
Thanks, everyone for listening. In the years to come, I plan to return to Thai Chinese history and do some deeper dives into some of the people and events.
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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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