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00:00With multicultural Thailand, one way to distinguish between Thai and Chinese is by looking at their surnames.
00:06If you find Thai people with a surname starting with Sae, they are likely Chinese or descendants of Chinese immigrants.
00:13This is because the word Sae represents surnames in China.
00:16Many Chinese people retain this term when they move to other countries like Thailand.
00:21The word Sae is often followed by words that indicate family characteristics like social status, occupation, or residency.
00:29With over 9 million Chinese descendants in Thailand, according to the BBC, the largest group is associated with the surname Sae-Tang.
00:36Some Chinese descendants in Thailand have achieved major success such as Seng Sae-Si, the father of Cha-Leo Yu-Wit-Hia, founder of the Red Bull Empire.
00:45This is just a glimpse of how Chinese culture remains involved with Thai society, enriching its diversity.