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Old Jun 7, 2009, 8:27 am
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Mae Salong: from army camp to tourist town

An interesting article (with a bit of history) from April 09, the Independent:

As the Thai people celebrate their new year, one hill village has another, more curious date to mark – the 60th anniversary of Mao taking charge in China. Andrew Spooner explains

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...n-1667396.html
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