As Chinese Buyers Snap Up Chiang Mai Properties, Thais Fear For Future

By Wittayakorn Boonruang

Visitors who walk through a new housing development in Hang Dong, a district of Chiang Mai, might think they’ve stumbled into a slice of China because Chinese letters dominate storefront signs.

This isn’t isolated to Hang Dong. Across Chiang Mai, Thailand’s northern cultural capital, Chinese...