Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2 billion deal to finance an ambitious canal project that aims to boost trade efficiency by linking a branch of the Mekong River near Phnom Penh to a port on the …
How Does a Nation Charm China? Name a Boulevard After Xi Jinping.
China is the biggest foreign patron of Cambodia, where Mr. Xi concluded a tour of Southeast Asia. But the region also needs to curry favor with President Trump.
“Resist protectionism,” China’s Xi tells Cambodia as Phnom Penh seeks loans
China’s leader Xi Jinping urged Cambodia to “resist protectionism,” as he arrived in Phnom Penh on Thursday at the end of a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia, as U.S. tariffs threatened the …
Cambodia seeks China’s financial support as Xi visits amid US tariff war
Cambodia is an important leg in Xi’s regional tour, with China owning half of Cambodian businesses exporting to the US.
China commends Cambodia when asked about Taiwanese deportation
China on Thursday commended the Cambodian government for following the “one China principle” when asked to comment on their deportation of Taiwanese citizens to China earlier this week. China “highly …
Cambodia eyes more China help as Xi visits amid US tariff tensions
“We expect more cooperation including on infrastructure development,” Meas Soksensan, spokesman for the Cambodian finance ministry, told Reuters on the eve of Xi’s arrival in Phnom Penh. He was …
Cambodia’s Descent Into a Death Spiral: Fifty Years On
The legacy of atrocity crimes that took the lives of millions of Cambodians during the communist Khmer Rouge regime, and the need for credible justice for the survivors, led to the creation of a …
Cambodia’s Chinese casino city bets big on Beijing
Once a collection of sleepy fishing villages, vast Chinese investments have transformed Cambodia’s Sihanoukville into a half-finished gambling resort with signs everywhere in Mandarin. Gambling is …
Vietnam Is Running Out of Sand to Fuel an Economic Boom
A new crop of factories requires roads, and that means sand. To keep up, the country is importing from Cambodia on a massive scale
Heart and Soul: Violence, children and Cambodia’s monks
50 years after fall of Cambodia’s capital to the Khmer Rouge and the ensuing annihilation of Buddhism, Monks are working in temples and on TikTok to end violence against children …