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Paul Wedel has spent more than 40 years in Asia as a journalist, teacher, administrator, consultant and writer. Fluent in Thai, he also speaks Indonesian and Lao. He has written extensively on Thai politics, the Thai monarchy, the language of newspapers and business as well as social and political change throughout the region. His published books include Beads on a String: A Novel of Southern Siam, Radical Thought, Thai Mind: A History of Revolutionary Ideology in a Traditional Society, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, A Life’s Work: Thailand’s Monarchy in Perspective and English by Newspaper.