People and Culture Between France and Thailand

People and Culture

France

France (France), full name Republic of France, which capital located in Paris, is a highly developed capitalist country, the political system to implement presidential republic. Local located in Western Europe, overseas territories, including some areas of South America and the South Pacific, the capital of Paris known as "romantic", "the world's fashion centers." Today the French people believe that the tricolor flag, the blue is a symbol of freedom, the white is a symbol of equality, and the red represents the fraternity, as the French people "liberty, equality, fraternity" declaration. Current French Constitution, on October 4, 1958 referendum passed, establishing the country's secular and democratic, with its sovereignty from the people. Ideal expression of the citizens of this country, human rights is one of the earliest literatures of the world, which is the French Declaration of the Rights of the Great Revolution of the 18th century and the development of people. Today's France is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, is a founding member of the European Union and NATO. Group of Eight and the "Schengen" countries, is one of Europe's main economic and political entity. The total population of the country of France is 66 million (1 January 2014), in which France's 63.9 million, in 2013 the French population growth rate of 0.4%. National language is French, and french is the high-context culture country. France is a secular state; freedom of religion is a constitutional right. France's religious policy is based on the concept of secularism; under strict secularism in public life remain completely secularized. 64% of residents are Catholic, 3% Muslim, 3% Protestant, 1% Judaism, 28 percent claimed no religious beliefs. French nation is composed of multiple ethnic compositions, in addition to the main body of the French nation, the border areas as well as Alsace, Brittany, Basque, Corsican, Flemish and other ethnic minorities, accounting for the total population 7.9%. 17th century French classical literature celebrates its glorious period; there has been Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Dumas, Zola, Maupassant, Romain Rolland and other literary giants. Many of their works become the world's literary treasures. One of the "Notre Dame" and "Les Miserables" and so on, has been translated into world literature, widely circulated in the world. (France, 2014)

Thailand

Kingdom of Thailand, Thailand's formal, formerly known as Siam, is the center of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia country. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, the head of state is a king bhumibol adulyadej, rama ix, and governed by military junta (May 2014). And since 1946 has been ruled as a country to rule the world's longest-serving current and the longest monarch in the country. The king of Thailand's title, including the head of state, head of the armed forces, the migration of Buddhism, maintainer and religion. Constitutional system was established in 1932, although the monarch and the armed forces to continue regular meddling in politics.