A survey on Thai studies knowledge in China “VIP” database: Research from 1989-2012

Abstract

This research aims to study Thai studies knowledge in China by surveying
information in China’s Weipu “VIP” database. It specifies on articles that is involed
with Thailand during 1989-2012. The study shows that in the past 23 years, there are
4,685 articles that present knowledge about Thai studies, divided into 5 sections:
Management and Economy, Social and Culture, Politics, Sciences and Technology,
and Languages and Literature.
From the study, the content and patterns of Thai studies presentation in
China are affected from 4 factors: International Policy, Economic Investment, Social
Variation, and Educational Cooperation between Thailand and China which are result
of China’s Government Policies in each period.