What really sets Mr. Thaksin apart is that he comes not from Southern China, but from northern Thailand.

真正使他信先生与众不同的是他并非来自中国南方，而是来自泰国北方。

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In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusual group of musicians.

在泰国北部的兰庞镇，有一群不同寻常的音乐家。

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Mr. Yao listened to impassioned pleas by residents of northern Thailand to stop further construction on the river.

姚先生听着来自泰国北部居民们激动的要求，而他们希望停止湄公河上游的建筑行为。

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Reports by the ethnic Karen National Union in some other areas [as well say attacks by the Burmese military started in early July in the northern Karen state of that borders Thailand.

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Her longest trip and only one to a city was to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.

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The largest concentrations of manufacturing locations are in the Bangkok area, but roughly 10% are close to Chiang Mai, the largest city in northern Thailand.

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While most motorcycle taxi drivers in Bangkok hail from rural northern Thailand, the ladies who drive the motorcycles on Ko Kret are almost all locals.

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