Cashing in Across the Golden Triangle: Thailand's Northern Border Trade with China, Laos, and Myanmar

by Paul Chambers and Thein Swe

Book Overview

Historically, the Golden Triangle on the Mekong River has been a strategic yet largely impoverished crossroads between Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and southern China. In the latter half of the 20th century, it was known as one of the world's key opium-producing regions. The new transnational "economic corridors" connecting northern Thailand and southwestern China via key border towns in Myanmar and Laos have greatly increased the volume of trade and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6169005343
• ISBN13: 9786169005346
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Mekong Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"