Bangkok Post
Yuan-only payment tale causes stir in ‘Bangkok’s next Chinatown’
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Inspectors took to the streets in Huai Khwang district of Bangkok on Thursday after a claim about a restaurant refusing to accept Thai baht and demanding Chinese yuan caused a social media stir.
Key facts
- Inspectors took to the streets in Huai Khwang district of Bangkok on Thursday after a claim about a restaurant refusing to accept Thai baht and demanding Chinese yuan caused a social media stir.
- District officers were checking all restaurants along both sides of Pracha Rat Bamphen Road — dubbed “Bangkok’s next Chinatown”
- Authorities plan to introduce stickers for each store in the area certifying that they “accept payments in Thai baht 100%”
- The video was posted on May 25 by the account named Jaideebingandfreind .
Summary
District officers were checking all restaurants along both sides of Pracha Rat Bamphen Road — dubbed “Bangkok’s next Chinatown” — to ensure their payment practices comply with the law, said Sombat Kruakeeratitham, the Huai Khwang district chief.
They were responding to a video posted on TikTok by a Chinese man living in Thailand, in which he claimed that a noodle restaurant in the area refused to accept Thai baht, saying it did not have a Thai bank account and only accepted Chinese yuan. The video was posted on May 25 by the account named Jaideebingandfreind .