Opinion: Thailand's deportation of Uyghurs to China has echoes of 10 years ago

Thailand's recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the country bowed to Beijing, writes historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom.

Opinion: Thailand's deportation of Uyghurs to China has echoes of 10 years ago
Police enter an immigration detention centre in Bangkok on Jan. 22.

Thailand's recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the country bowed to Beijing, writes historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom.

(Image credit: Chanakarn Laosarakham)