Thai book fair sees chapters of potential

BANGKOK — Holding several books, including one on China's development, Wisan Chedi was searching for more books at a Chinese book exhibition booth at the Bangkok International Book Fair 2023.

"By reading the books, I'd like to know how China has achieved such rapid social and economic development over the past decades," he says.

The 51-year-old civil servant in Thailand's aviation sector started to learn Chinese in 2006. He can now read Chinese books and speak basic words and phrases.