ChinesePod News (March 28, 2019)<br /><br />The official outcome of Thailand’s national election last Sunday will not be announced until May 9. Preliminary results indicate a surprise lead for the ruling military party. However, the country’s main opposition party, Pheu Thai, says that it has formed a 255-strong coalition. The alliance would comprise a majority in the 500-member lower house of parliament and could prevent the military junta from returning to power.<br /><br />NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/jLcf1t5DhrU<br /><br />This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary: <br /><br />结盟: to form an alliance<br />掌权: to exercise control<br />出炉: to appear on stage<br />推翻: to overturn <br />明朗: clear; obvious<br /><br />Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!<br />===================================<br />Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.com's 4,000+ lesson library! <br /><br />LIKE US: https://www.facebook.com/chinesepod<br />TWEET US: https://twitter.com/chinesepod<br />DOUBLE-TAP US: https://instagram.com/chinesepodtv<br />SNAP US: https://www.snapchat.com/add/chinesepodtv<br />READ US: https://chinesepod.com/blog<br />LEARN WITH US: https://chinesepod.com/
