As Thailand’s protests snowball, rattled royalists would rather blame a hidden foreign hand than look inward

Pro-democracy activists protest in front of Government House, the prime minister's offices in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday (Oct 21, 2020). Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday pleaded with his countrymen to resolve their political differences through Parliament, as student-led protests seeking to bring his government down continued for an eighth straight day. - AFP

The current Thailand's protest movement’s roots are internal but Thailand’s relationships with the US and China still have a part to play in its future. - SCMP

HONG KONG, Oct 23 (SCMP): Thai royalists rattled by the mass rallies calling for the government to be ousted and reform of the monarchy have claimed there is a conspiracy to undermine Thailand, led by a cabal of self-exiled anti-monarchists and overseas democracy activists looking to impose Western values on an Asian nation.