Macau Daily Times
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a Chinese diplomat said yesterday, thanking the government for its support of the troubled Games.
"King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing," Chinese ambassador Zhang Jin Feng said during a press conference for local media.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the government for supporting China ... and the government's (efforts) earlier this year to bar non-governmental organisations from using Cambodia to oppose the Olympic Games in China."
In January, Cambodian police blocked American actress Mia Farrow and her group, Dream for Darfur, from holding a ceremony at Phnom Penh's genocide museum as part of a campaign to highlight China's links to Sudan.
Zhang said she wished that the protest-hit Olympic torch, which arrived in Thailand earlier Friday, was making a stop-over in Cambodia.
"I feel regret that the torch will not come to Cambodia," she said adding that the flame would have proceeded "successfully in Cambodia."
The torch has been dogged by protesters since it was lit in Greece last month, with a Chinese crackdown in Tibet in March igniting demonstrations at many of the torch's previous stops, notably London and Paris.
The latest crackdown has increased attention on China in the run-up to the Games, which begin in the Chinese capital on August 8.
China's close ties to the government of Sudan, blamed for years of strife in Darfur, and its treatment of domestic critics and activists have also been fodder for demonstrators.
Farrow, who is pushing China to help stop the violence in Sudan, will speak in Hong Kong as the torch passes through the city on May 2.
Beijing has recently emerged as Cambodia's biggest donor, giving at least 800 million dollars in aid over the past two years.
China's growing ties with Cambodia have caused unease among some Western countries, which are wary of the Asian giant's increasing economic and military influence in the region.
"King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing," Chinese ambassador Zhang Jin Feng said during a press conference for local media.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the government for supporting China ... and the government's (efforts) earlier this year to bar non-governmental organisations from using Cambodia to oppose the Olympic Games in China."
In January, Cambodian police blocked American actress Mia Farrow and her group, Dream for Darfur, from holding a ceremony at Phnom Penh's genocide museum as part of a campaign to highlight China's links to Sudan.
Zhang said she wished that the protest-hit Olympic torch, which arrived in Thailand earlier Friday, was making a stop-over in Cambodia.
"I feel regret that the torch will not come to Cambodia," she said adding that the flame would have proceeded "successfully in Cambodia."
The torch has been dogged by protesters since it was lit in Greece last month, with a Chinese crackdown in Tibet in March igniting demonstrations at many of the torch's previous stops, notably London and Paris.
The latest crackdown has increased attention on China in the run-up to the Games, which begin in the Chinese capital on August 8.
China's close ties to the government of Sudan, blamed for years of strife in Darfur, and its treatment of domestic critics and activists have also been fodder for demonstrators.
Farrow, who is pushing China to help stop the violence in Sudan, will speak in Hong Kong as the torch passes through the city on May 2.
Beijing has recently emerged as Cambodia's biggest donor, giving at least 800 million dollars in aid over the past two years.
China's growing ties with Cambodia have caused unease among some Western countries, which are wary of the Asian giant's increasing economic and military influence in the region.
7 comments:
Yes China we support you to death eventhough we knew in our heart that you have provided all kind of weapons to POL POT's regime so that it can to use to annnihilate our race.
YES BECAUSE I AM AH SDACH TING MONG(DUMMY)CANNOT EVEN SCRATCH MY OWN PENIS...HAHA SIHAMEE-NHEE ALL I CAN SAY THANK YOU CHINA FOR TAKING CARE MY PAPA NOT CAMBODIA!
It's so sad, King Sihanouk, that your kaun-chao cuss you like hell. Had you admitted your reckless mistakes you have done them and me, they wouldn't have been outrage against you this much. Oh, my poor disgusting King, where in hell will you live!
Hello all,
This man use to be a monk in Siam. When he came to the state he doesn't remember none of his monk's friends. Years ago when this man came to Maryland State temple some of his monk's friends go to ward him ( they are no longer monk at that time) this man si chan a keang ( American) bok chhnang Khmer don't remember or know his old friend. So you believe this si chan bok chhnang Khmer can help our Mother land????
Some of his old friends live in Richmond Va and some livejryr in Long Island New York.
Amazing huh !!!
Trorkol Norodom is so done for me.
They will never rise again.Their DNA are so fucked up.
Ah Sdach K-teuy does nothing for the country.
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