Mon, Dec 13, 2010
AFP
BEIJING - China and Cambodia on Monday signed a raft of cooperation agreements at the start of a visit by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, as the two nations look to further bolster their traditionally tight ties.
Both Hun Sen and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressed hope the visit would do just that in brief remarks at the start of their talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People - the first event of a five-day visit by the Cambodian.
The pair signed 13 agreements in areas including hydroelectric power, port facilities and financial loans in Cambodia, but neither side supplied details.
Hun Sen said before the trip that the deals would include Chinese imports of Cambodian agricultural goods and financial assistance for the construction of Cambodian roads and bridges, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
China - a former patron of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, which oversaw the deaths of up to two million people in the 1970s - is Cambodia's top source of aid and investment.
Nearly 400 Chinese companies have pumped billions of dollars into Cambodia, including in key infrastructure projects such as hydropower dams and coal power plants.
China has long played a prominent role in Cambodian affairs, particularly as a counterweight to Vietnamese influence during the 1970s and 1980s - and to check US power in the region.
Hun Sen's government in particular has been a benefactor of Chinese largesse.
Cambodian officials said last month China would inject 1.6 billion dollars into Cambodian infrastructure over five years.
That came just days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a visit there that Cambodia should not become "too dependent" on Beijing.
In December 2009, Cambodia deported to China 20 Uighurs, a largely Muslim minority group in western China's Xinjiang region that complains of oppression there, despite their application for UN refugee status.
China had pressed Cambodia for their return, saying they were wanted in connection with ethnic rioting in Xinjiang five months earlier.
The move was followed by a 1.2-billion-dollar aid and loan package from Beijing. China has rejected accusations of a link between the two.
Hun Sen is to hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday. His visit will also include stops in the northern port city of Tianjin and the eastern city of Nanjing, according to a Cambodian government statement.
6 comments:
Well if anything, P from Long Beach knows just a little better than all of you old farts out there just as the old saying goes (unofficially translated):
"At dawn you slap the Chinese in the head, before sunset the chinese will have you handcuffed"...
Pi prirk tb'ork kbarl Jen, lgn'earch min toirn Jen dak khnoss...
ពីព្រឹកត្បក ក្បាលចឹន ល្ងាចមឹនទាន់ចឹនដាក់ខ្នោះ!
So, beware!
Why Khmer in Cambodia dont know this! same shit never learn....Pol Pot boys...
គិតទៅពួកអាសមរង្សីនឹងបក្សពួកមិនមែនជាខ្មែរទេ
បើបងប្អូនចង់ដើរតាមពួកវាពិតជាមិនបានសម្រេច
នោះទេ។ហើយបងប្អូនខ្មែរណាដែលចង់ដើរតាម
អាបក្សសមរង្សីគឺម្នាក់ៗគិតអំពីបុណ្យស័ក្តពិតប្រាកដ
បើនៅឯក្រៅប្រទេសវិញបក្សពួកអាសមរង្សីនិយាយ
ថានឹងឲ្យអំណាចនេះអំណាចនោះឲ្យពលរដ្ធខ្មែរណា
ដើរតាមបក្សរបស់គេ។
China refers to the Paracel Islands as the Xisha Islands, and includes them as part of its Hainan Island province. Hun Sen declared that Cambodia respects China's sovereignty and territorial integrity despite the fact that Vietnam also claims the ownership of those Islands of South China Sea. Today here in Beijing, by affirming that Cambodia respects China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Hun Sen de facto recognized the Chinese sovereignty on the Xisha Island, under the administration of Hainan Province, China. So no doubt that despite the distance separating the two countries, Cambodia is today closer to China than Vietnam.
We are vietnam ,we do not believe that china is stronger than vietnam,china is a tiger just stand up from sickness.China just need economy from cambodia ,they can not protect cambodia.We are vietnam we already control laos and cambodia,we put our people every where in cambodia even in government and in CPP,in 1979 we send our commando suicide to phnom penh to catch samdech sihanouk,because we need him stay in our side ,but china worker catch them and destroy them,but now our dream still really ,because right now hun sen is in our right hand and samdech sihanouk is in our left hand.China lost a battle at north vietnam in 1979,he is just a drum.Vietnam is a bamboo,we grow up every where in cambodia even the monk.
If the chinese-khmer Kaing Guek Eav, alias Douch is Minister of Trade, Cambodia would have certainly obtained a trebling of the grants and many financial assistance of China every time Samdech Hun Sen moved to China to negotiate business.
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