During this week’s trip to China, Hun Sen is expected to seek financial support for high-speed rail projects and ease Beijing’s concerns about US-Cambodia ties
Washington has often warned Cambodia over its growing military ties with Beijing and Phnom Penh’s poor human rights record
Apart from seeking China’s financial support for its development projects including Cambodia’s first high-speed rail project, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to China this week is also aimed at securing greater support from Beijing in case of western sanctions, analysts said.
The three-day trip – expected to begin on Thursday – is also aimed at easing China’s concerns about Cambodia’s growing ties with the United States and Japan, experts said.
Cambodia is seeking to upgrade two of its rail lines to high-speed services that will connect capital Phnom Penh with the southwestern city of Sihanoukville and the border with Thailand.
Astrid Norén-Nilsson, senior lecturer and director of studies at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies in Sweden’s Lund University said the success of the Sihanoukville-Phnom Penh Expressway which opened in October has shown infrastructure development “has a positive effect on the Cambodian government’s image and popularity”.
Continues: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics ... ing-act-us
Cambodia’s Hun Sen wants ‘back in Beijing’s orbit’ during China visit amid balancing act with US
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Re: Cambodia’s Hun Sen wants ‘back in Beijing’s orbit’ during China visit amid balancing act with US
Countries that hitch their legacies to the 2nd world (China, Russia, etc) are making a big mistake.
While America and most other Western countries have certainly seen better days, the West is still the economic core of the world and will remain. In fact, the West seems to be widening the gap with the second world. Evidence for this abounds: Russia's Ukraine folly, China's zero covid meltdown, the recent study that estimated China's GDP is probably 60% smaller than they claim... etc
In cases like this usually there is a autocrat who is jealous of the Chinese model and wants that for himself.
While America and most other Western countries have certainly seen better days, the West is still the economic core of the world and will remain. In fact, the West seems to be widening the gap with the second world. Evidence for this abounds: Russia's Ukraine folly, China's zero covid meltdown, the recent study that estimated China's GDP is probably 60% smaller than they claim... etc
In cases like this usually there is a autocrat who is jealous of the Chinese model and wants that for himself.
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