Thai Enquirer to be taken over by China Daily

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From Thai Enquirer

Thai Enquirer would like to announce that our ownership group will be bought out by China Daily effective immediately on Friday.

Beginning on Monday, Thai Enquirer will be folded into the China Daily family and will be rebranded as the Thailand Daily.

We would like to thank our readers for their support for the last two years and hope you continue with us as we move forward into uncharted waters.

With the backing of our new owners, Thai Enquirer will be able to cover Asian news for Asians more effectively.

We would also like to apologize for our previous coverage of certain matters pertaining to Hong Kong and Xinjiang and state that nothing ever happens in either places.

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From Wikipedia

Thai Enquirer is an independent online media publication intended to "provide a mixture of in-depth reporting, political and cultural commentary, as well as highlights of fiction, prose, poetry, and humour." The website is focused on political and social issues in Thailand, but has also covered issues "in the broader region and the wider world, where we feel it necessary, prudent, or when a story demands telling.

Named as one of the publications representing the future of Thai media, the Thai Enquirer first rose to prominence in late 2020 for its coverage of the pro-democracy protests in Thailand. The website went viral in June 2020 for its satirical coverage of the Black Lives Matter protests in the US with an article that was shared over 60,000 times.^[4][5] It also drew attention for its mockery of Donald Trump's mispronunciation of Thailand, renaming itself as the "Thigh Enquirer" for a day.

It currently has an online following of 44,032 followers on Facebook and 76,000 followers on Twitter.

 

 

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I have occasionally read the China Daily news (global edition).

This is unfailingly supportive of their government, in a way that I've never seen in independent media.

 

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April Fools?

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So it appears. Here's another "story" from the April 1st edition:

Anutin apologizes for Covid-19 vaccine response, blames marijuana addiction

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul offered a public apology on April 1 for his health ministry’s lackluster response to acquiring vaccine in 2020 and 2021 and blamed his marijuana addiction for the mess.

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health came under intense criticism from the public and the opposition parties for its reliance on Chinese Sinovac vaccines and locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccines.

Anutin said at the time that vaccine shortages in the United States and Europe were to blame for the slow pace of vaccine acquisition.

But on April 1, Anutin admitted that the health ministry did not do a good enough job in acquiring vaccine.

“I was really high the entire time, people kept bringing me weed,” the minister said with a shrug.

Anutin who has championed the legalization of marijuana as part of his Bhumjai Thai Party’s platform added that he was unaware that his party was in a coalition with Prayut Chan-ocha.

“Wait, we made that guy prime minister? Dude, that’s not cool,” the BJT leader said.

Anutin said now that he was “off weed” he would be more coherent in meetings and decision making and promised that he would no longer just “fly around looking for food.”