How was Thailand able to avoid colonization when every other Southeast Asian countries got colonized?

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Literally everyone of its neighboring countries was colonized by the West for centuries except them. How were they able to succeed in maintaining their independence when everyone around them took years of political struggle to be free?

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They were colonized all but in name. European powers were active in Thailand. They got everything they wanted without colonizing them.

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