'Visa-free era' brings closer exchanges between Thailand and China

In late January, China and Thailand signed an agreement on mutual visa exemption and to be effective on March 1. - Bloomberg

BANGKOK (Bernama-Xinhua): Adisorn Sangkrajang arrived early at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday evening for his flight bound for Shanghai.

He has been long looking forward to his first trip to China, and when the plane touched down early Friday morning, he became one of the first to benefit from the "visa-free era" between Thailand and China that takes effect on March 1.