70% ? so larg population? I doubt it. But, I do have some thai friends whose grand grand parents lived in China. They think they are Thai, not Chinese. Russia, China, Vietnam, Lao, Cuba, we call each other brothers, Russia is the big bro. Now, we call each other comrade.
llX wrote on 17
th Apr, 2013 at 12:35am:
You're right. Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba back Laos during Laos civil War.
In Thailand most ethnics Chinese live in Bangkok. About 70% around 7 million out of 11 million total population in Bangkok are Chinese or mixed. They control the wealth, economies, government and military. Most or all of the Thai prime minister mixed Chinese. It been like that for the past 200-300 year.