nic ▁and ▁political ▁reb els ▁by ▁China ▁against ▁Bur ma . ▁In ▁the ▁present ▁day , ▁res ent ment ▁towards ▁Chinese ▁invest ments ▁and ▁their ▁perce ived ▁explo itation ▁of ▁natural ▁resources ▁have ▁also ▁ham per ed ▁the ▁S ino - B urm ese ▁relationship . ▁Chinese ▁people ▁in ▁My an mar ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁subject ▁to ▁disc rimin atory ▁laws ▁and ▁r het or ic ▁in ▁Bur m ese ▁media ▁and ▁popular ▁culture . ▁ ▁Th ailand ▁ ▁Histor ically , ▁Th ailand ▁and ▁previous ▁S iam ▁is ▁and ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁China - friend ly ▁country , ▁ow ning ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁China ▁and ▁S iam ▁enjoyed ▁a ▁close ▁relations , ▁a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁Th ai ▁population ▁have ▁Chinese ▁descent ▁and ▁strong ▁co operation . ▁However , ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁Pla ek ▁Ph ib uns ong k hr am ▁launched ▁a ▁massive ▁Th a ification , ▁including ▁opp ression ▁of ▁Th ailand ' s ▁Chinese ▁population ▁and ▁ham per ed ▁Th ai ▁Chinese ▁communities , ▁b anning ▁teaching ▁Chinese ▁language , ▁forced ▁adopt ing ▁Th ai ▁names . ▁Pla ek ' s ▁ob session ▁toward ▁creating ▁a ▁pan - Th ai ▁national ist ▁ag enda ▁caused ▁heavy ▁res ent ment ▁by ▁Th ai ▁Chinese ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁removed ▁at ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁After ▁that , ▁Th ai ▁Chinese ▁do ▁not ▁experience ▁anti - Ch inese ▁inc idents , ▁although ▁the ▁Cold ▁War ▁almost ▁infl amed ▁host ility ▁toward ▁Chinese ▁community ▁in ▁Th