Bangkok parties on surface, but unease persists
By Denis Gray | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-19 07:19
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Shoppers look over goods at a makeshift shopping area in Bangkok on Thursday. Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press |
BANGKOK - Tycoons and streetside vendors scrabble to recoup crushing losses. Bangkok's pampered, golden set is again partying like there's no tomorrow. And in the sprawling slums, among the poorest of the poor, there is an uncommon mingling of pride, hope - and fear.
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