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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From what I understand, the British rule Burma and French rule Indochina need a buffer zone/neutral territory to avoid conflict that’s why Thailand manage to stay independent. This is only one of the reason.

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