Recently, The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, officially launched its overseas edition in Thailand. This was in December 2012. More than 300 Thai and Chinese representatives from political, business, cultural and educational circles, as well as Thai and Chinese journalists, attended the inauguration ceremony in Bangkok. The Chinese Ambassador to Thailand, Guan Mu, gave a speech at the ceremony stating that The People’s Daily Thailand Edition was established in the context of Sino-Thai bilateral exchanges and cooperation, and would be a new window through which Thai people could understand China.