12 December 2020
Author: Hadrien T Saperstein, Asia Centre, Paris
Since the 2014 military coup in Thailand, the Royal Thai Armed Forces has ‘advanced by leaps and bounds’ in its defence cooperation with China through tri-service bilateral exercises and military-naval procurements. This characterisation also applies beyond defence. In the private sector, Advanced Info Service has been accepting bids on 5G development from two Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei and Chinese investment projects in Thailand like the China-ASEAN Beidou Technological City.
Yet Sino-Thai defence cooperation does not presently extend to the same degree in the development of space technology. This is indicated by the latest developments from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Space Operation Center in partnership with the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) a Thai space agency responsible for remote sensing and satellite technology development.
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