Cambodian Prime Minister Lauds China, Snipes At Donors
DPA
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen lauded China and sniped at donor nations Wednesday, saying Chinese aid came with respect and no strings attached.
Speaking at the inauguration of a new road in the nation's north-east, Hun Sen appeared to be taking a swipe at donors after a tense meeting between them and the government earlier in the week. He praised China's relationship with Cambodia, saying it "respected Cambodia's independence and integrity."
"All Cambodia asks is an equal relationship with its partners," Hun Sen said in a speech broadcast on national radio.
"China is a very big country with 1.3 billion people. If the Chinese all urinated at once, they would cause a great flood. However, Chinese leaders do good things with their partners."
Last April China pledged 600 million dollars in aid to Cambodia during a visit by Premier Wen Jiabao - aid which the government and Chinese state media both said came with no conditions attached.
That pledge almost matched the total pledged by all donor nations at the March Consultative Group meeting during which they again publicly castigated Cambodia over its human rights record and failure to pass an anti-corruption law.
Wednesday's inauguration of a Chinese-funded project came just days after similar public criticism had emanated from the quarterly meeting between donors and Cambodia.
"When China gives, it doesn't say do this or that. We can do whatever we want with the money," Hun Sen said.
Donors have voiced increasing impatience over Cambodia's continued failure to put anti-corruption legislation before the National Assembly, with some even threatening to withhold funding to the heavily aid-dependent nation if it dallied on reforms much longer.
Speaking at the inauguration of a new road in the nation's north-east, Hun Sen appeared to be taking a swipe at donors after a tense meeting between them and the government earlier in the week. He praised China's relationship with Cambodia, saying it "respected Cambodia's independence and integrity."
"All Cambodia asks is an equal relationship with its partners," Hun Sen said in a speech broadcast on national radio.
"China is a very big country with 1.3 billion people. If the Chinese all urinated at once, they would cause a great flood. However, Chinese leaders do good things with their partners."
Last April China pledged 600 million dollars in aid to Cambodia during a visit by Premier Wen Jiabao - aid which the government and Chinese state media both said came with no conditions attached.
That pledge almost matched the total pledged by all donor nations at the March Consultative Group meeting during which they again publicly castigated Cambodia over its human rights record and failure to pass an anti-corruption law.
Wednesday's inauguration of a Chinese-funded project came just days after similar public criticism had emanated from the quarterly meeting between donors and Cambodia.
"When China gives, it doesn't say do this or that. We can do whatever we want with the money," Hun Sen said.
Donors have voiced increasing impatience over Cambodia's continued failure to put anti-corruption legislation before the National Assembly, with some even threatening to withhold funding to the heavily aid-dependent nation if it dallied on reforms much longer.
14 comments:
When China gives, it doesn't say do this or that. We can do whatever we want with the money," Hun Sen said.
Does that includes puting some of the moneys in yours and your corrupt administration pockets?
Chinese never tell hun sen to do or to do that the thing is that: (1) Even China tell hun sen , he still doesnt know what to do, except corven to coruption, (2) China never for get to jotdown all what it have given to Cambodia, (3) China want hun sen to be more dependent on it and blind its past crime- helping KR.
BTW, the China aids is for China
friends only, no Ethiopian's tics
and fleas, nor Backstabers SISOWATT
Sorimatakis people. So stay out
of our holly ground, alright?
Anon@12:31AM - One "Voleur" Viet/Yuon crying wolf from within Khmer's land...
12:31a.m is a thief from Hanoi!
12:36am got it right on the button! and we are looking right at him!
So what have I stole, and what have
you lost?
China does not give anything away without hoping to get something else in return. But Hun Sen is too blind to see it. Well, he only has one eye so it is not entirely his fault. What a fool! Just because China does not say anything, it does not mean that China treats Hun Sen as partner. Go on kissing the chineses' ass. The Chinese loves a moron like you, Hun Sen. He may even get another doctor degree if his kisses the Chineses' ass on the right spot....What a beggar!!
Noope, what is refered here as
"no string attached" is China does
not interfere with Cambodia affair.
But you are right. What China is
hoping for is that we used it to
build infrastructure to facilitate
trade in the region and to help
Cambodia become more competitive
in the world market. As a result,
Chinese people could enjoyed the
low price of all sorts of goods.
600 millions is nothing considering
the population of China. If they
can save 10% on the price of goods
in the future, it will meant
billions to them in less than a
year. Thus it is worth the
investment.
Conditionality attached to aid is a way of teaching recepient nations how to live and organise themselves for their well-being. Greater nations have taught through colonisation or aid lesser nations how to live. Others have taught them how to kill. China, Vietnam and other nations have taught, through their aid (including weapons and training to use these weapons) without any conditionality attached, Cambodian leaders, especially Pol Pot, how to repress and kill their own people, and ruin their nation.
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
1989-Tienamen Square massacre of student demonstrators
April 1997- Grenade attack in front of National assembly in Phnom Penh killing and wounding hundreds of peaceful demonstrators
New money cannot cover up thuggish habits learned in the jungle.
So true and valid. I am sharing your view Anon@8:47AM. Thanks for stopping by.
Well, that is what could happened
to you when you forgot what country
you are in, isn't that right,
Post8:47?
Wrong LOA, only permanent members
of the UNSC teach people how to
used missiles, tanks, ..., and
fighter jets. I take it that you
know who they are, right?
Yeah right you fucking Viet-dog thief @2:01AM. Obviously, agent ORANGE, and the tremor from the B Nam Hai (52) bombings ate up your brain cells and made your brain go wacko barking like a crazy dog. Plus, your excessive drunkenness of your own stinky Nuoc Mam (fish sauce) day in and day out for 25 years to make you less fearful of death to fight against the Americans made you Viets are what you are now: suicidal.
If you don't believe me, just ask the Americans. Fair enough?
P.s. One more thing: 400 meters of khmer land to burry your mother after you pull her large pant leg and fuck your mother to death, okay? Your mother doesn't care cuz just like all the Viet women do - they pee and fuck each other standing up!!!
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