PHNOM PENH, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin arrived here Tuesday, starting an official goodwill visit as guest of Cambodian Senate President Chea Sim.
In a written statement delivered upon arrival at the airport, Jia said China and Cambodia are friendly neighbors and the two peoples enjoy time-honored traditional friendship.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Cambodia friendship has grown from strength to strength, said Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
He said the two countries have carried out effective exchanges and cooperation in the political, economic and trade, cultural and other fields and maintained good coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs.
"The growth of China-Cambodia relationship not only serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also peace, stability and development of the region," said Jia, who will have an in-depth exchange of views with Cambodian leaders on issues of mutual interest for the purpose of cementing friendship, deepening mutual trust, promoting cooperation and pursuing common development.
He said he is confident that the visit will "be productive and contribute to the long-term stable growth of China-Cambodia good neighborly friendship and cooperation".
Cambodia is the last leg of Jia's four-nation visit which has taken him to Jordan, Turkey and Laos.
In a written statement delivered upon arrival at the airport, Jia said China and Cambodia are friendly neighbors and the two peoples enjoy time-honored traditional friendship.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Cambodia friendship has grown from strength to strength, said Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
He said the two countries have carried out effective exchanges and cooperation in the political, economic and trade, cultural and other fields and maintained good coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs.
"The growth of China-Cambodia relationship not only serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also peace, stability and development of the region," said Jia, who will have an in-depth exchange of views with Cambodian leaders on issues of mutual interest for the purpose of cementing friendship, deepening mutual trust, promoting cooperation and pursuing common development.
He said he is confident that the visit will "be productive and contribute to the long-term stable growth of China-Cambodia good neighborly friendship and cooperation".
Cambodia is the last leg of Jia's four-nation visit which has taken him to Jordan, Turkey and Laos.
5 comments:
Vietnam and khmer are friends..
China is afraid and now, China want
to threaten Cambodia.
Cambodia and Vietnam are like family !
Let's kick Siem's Ass.
Cambodia-China friendship need to be strengthen even more. Ah yuon must be disintegrated.
By the way ah 11:12 PM the only good yuon is a dead one.
China and Cambodia had long times good relationships.
Yuon and Cambodia had long times enemies.
Cambodia is going to be a work in progress for a long time to come and there is no question about that. This is a revolution, not just a regime change or a change in leaderships, which we wanted, but we must try to build an entirely new political society. That will take time, of course, and that will take years. The hopeful Cambodian government cannot succeed in governing, defending, and sustaining itself by just relying on China political, military and economic support alone.
Cambodia is strategically vital to China because it overlooks crucial sea lanes and could conceivably share a maritime border if China's military eventually enforces Beijing's claims to disputed, energy-rich atolls in the South China Sea. Beijing currently gives more civil aid to Cambodia, more than $2 billion since the 1970s, than any other country. While some scholars warn about the dangers of imposing Western institutional practices on Cambodia, similar risks apply when transplanting ideas from the East.
It would be naive to assume that Cambodia could simply copy specific policies to achieve China’s success. Cambodia faces starkly different constraints today than China did when it embarked on its reforms. These include higher income inequality, lower population density and higher dependency rates. However, there are some important lessons for Cambodia from China’s experience is that not all these lessons are about China’s success. In fact, some relate to trends that Cambodia should avoid, such as China’s steep rise in inequality. China’s success illustrates the generic point that freer markets can serve the interests of poor people. Chinese farmers responded dramatically to market incentives, and Cambodian farmers are unlikely to be any different in this respect—but there’s far more behind China’s success than just letting markets do their work. One of the messages for Cambodia gleaned from China’s legacy is the need for a sharper focus in the near term on the rural economy and on increasing the productivity of small farmers.
The political and social fragility of the emerging Cambodia requires priority planning to integrate and strengthen Cambodia society, religious and secular fabric further. The goals must be smooth system changes, nurturing both indigenous and imported democratic forms, and saving the country from shocking and radical changes that may cost it and the entire region years of social, economic and political upheavals. But for such plans to be successful, Cambodian ourselves, through negotiations among our various factions, must inspire common people, with an emphasis on people and the nation rather than on a selected few. Most importantly, the solutions need to be nurtured by a supportive regional and international environment. With a political solution in place, a military, security, or economic solution is also needed.
It also is important to note that an exit strategy must be there just in case status-quo changed. An exit strategy must be defining in advance the circumstances and criteria for ending a political involvement or a military intervention. Although, exit strategy itself is hard to clearly define within political, economic and military circles, in fact, there are various definitions. One of a definition most experts prefer is “a plan to remove foreigner influences once the end state (objective) has been achieved and the instruments of power can give way to other instruments.” In other words for the foreigners to exit an intervention, the political, economic, and other social instruments of power must be able to assume the dominant role. For this to be effective civil and military cooperation is essential and must be coherent from the outset so that a realistic and achievable exit strategy can be formulated.
3:13AM
Interesting piece...but I don't understand well your theory of "exit strategy" and the statement "...the instruments of power can give way to other instruments". What do you mean here? Please, elaborate.
Thanks
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