Chinese ministry team visits Thailand to seek ways to tackle at least 36 major cyber scam gangs, days ahead of Thai leader’s China trip.

International pressure is mounting on Thailand – including from the new US administration – over the fate of dozens of Uyghur men held in detention for more than a decade, following reports the Thai government planned to deport the group to China.

The Thai leader says that the discussions with Xi Jinping will focus on online scamming operations, tourism, and air pollution.

BANGKOK: Thailand, China may set up special centre to combatThailand and China are considering joining hands to set up a special centre to deal with human trafficking issues after a Chinese delegate paid a visit to the Thai-Myanmar border,

Thailand says its $13bn high-speed railway to China through Laos will enter service in 2030, South China Morning Post reports.

The family was detained in Thailand in 2014 after fleeing increasing repression in their hometown in China's Xinjiang province. She and the children were allowed to leave Thailand a year later. But her husband remained in detention, along with 47 other Uyghur men. Niluper – not her real name – now fears she and her children may never see him again.

By 2030, the US$13 billion Thai network is expected to connect to the Laos-China high-speed railway via a bridge over the Mekong River.

Thailand expects its 609-km (378 miles) portion of a high-speed railway that will connect it with China through Laos to begin operations in 2030, its government said on Wednesday, nearly a decade later than originally planned.

The Myanmar junta insists online scam operators are foreigners thriving on cross-border infrastructure, and neighboring countries must do their part to suppress them.

About 90 per cent of China’s trade is by sea, including 80 per cent of energy and 60 per cent of gas, and almost 60 per cent of all its trade moves through the Malacca Strait, making the dilemma acute

Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar.