Over a lunch of fish and chips at his golf clubhouse, Mr Thaksin enthuses over new business opportunities in Africa and the benefits of Buddhist meditation.

• 他信在他拥有的一家高尔夫球俱乐部里吃午饭时还兴奋地谈到了自己在非洲的商业发展新机遇以及练习佛禅带来的好处。