Thai politicians fly to Hong Kong regularly to meet with Thaksin Shinawatra since his exile.

[9] In the Causeway Bay Books disappearances, a Hong Kong bookseller, Gui Minhai, was taken from his home in Pattaya, Thailand, by an unknown man on 17 October 2015 and later reappeared in China as a defendant.

Speculation suggested that the Thai government was under Chinese pressure to allow the kidnap of a Hong Kong liberal to happen in Thailand.

The Guardian noted that the military junta was becoming increasingly accommodating to Chinese demands, observing that the Thai government had done little to advance the case.

[10] On 5 October 2016, a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, Joshua Wong, was barred from entering Thailand and deported.

They exchanged views on Hong Kong's free trade agreement negotiations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.