The #TouristHotspot popular with #backpackers has become an unlikely second home for thousands of Chinese people seeking alternative lifestyles.

In recent years, an #EconomicDownturn and lingering trauma from the isolation of #China’s draconian #ZeroCovid regime has pushed people who would otherwise be seen as the country’s success stories to emigrate.

The Chinese émigrés leaving the pressures of home for laid back #ChiangMai | #Thailand
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/13/the-chinese-emigres-leaving-the-pressures-of-home-for-laid-back-chiang-mai