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Travelers walk through Suvarnabhumi International Airport, near Bangkok, on Jan. 22. The Thai government is hoping for nearly 9 million Chinese tourists this year. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

FRANCESCA REGALADO and STELLA YIFAN XIE

January 27, 2025 15:04 JST

BANGKOK/HONG KONG -- Chelsea Deng's family was supposed to reunite in Bangkok for the Lunar New Year this week. But after a Chinese actor briefly disappeared from Thailand in early January, she and her husband decided not to travel from London while their parents flew in from China.