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| Chinese Zhi-9 helicopters, the type Cambodia is believed to have ordered, fly past during exercises in southern Kazakhstan. [Reuters] |
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China has agreed to lend $US195 million to Cambodia so it can buy Chinese military helicopters.
It is the latest deal in a flurry of trade and investment between the two countries.
The loan would be for an undisclosed number of Chinese-built Zhi-9 (Z-9) utility helicopters, according to official documents seen by Reuters, which covered some 29 agreements signed on Saturday by the two countries.
The Z-9 is a license-built version of the French-made Eurocopter AS 365 Dauphin II first used in the 1980s. Much of Cambodia's military equipment is outdated and in need of repair, with only a few helicopters currently in use.
Cambodian defence ministry spokesman Chhum Sucheat could not confirm how many helicopters would be purchased or when they would be delivered.
China last year donated more than 250 jeeps, trucks and ambulances to Cambodia's army after the United States cancelled plans to provide it with 200 vehicles, in response to the government sending 20 ethnic minority Uighur asylum-seekers back to China in 2009.
As well as government-to-government loans, Chinese firms' Cambodian investments are mainly in construction, agriculture, mining and energy.
Chinese companies last year pledged to invest $8 billion in 360 projects in the impoverished South East Asian country in the first seven months of this year, almost as much as the country's annual gross domestic product.
Among the deals agreed at the weekend was for China's Huawei technologies to help cellphone operator CamGSM to build Cambodia's first satellite.
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កុំភ្លេចនយោបាយពួកអាចិនលក់អេតចាយឬបីចេង ជឿរបស់វាយូរៗលក់ដីស្រែសងវាវិញមិនគ្រប់ ក្លាយជាជាកញ្ជះវាតពីកូនដល់ចៅ រស់នៅរហេមរហាម ត្រូវវាត្រួតត្រាធ្វើបាប មើលងាយមើលថោក នេះហើយធម៌ជាតិរបស់សាសន៍ចិន ។ what happened in Cambodia till now and then is about co yuon and chencon bloody messy
I think the budget for maintenance of helicopters is more expensive than the purchase price.
The Khmer people pay, pay, pay etc...
About the visit of three days of the official delegation of the Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party headed by Zhou Yongkang in Cambodia, we note that the Chinese Communist Party invites itself directly in the internal politics of Cambodia, by supporting publicly the FUNCINPEC on Cambodian soil to the great displeasure of the other political parties.
We have not yet heard the Chinese Communist Party publicly apologized on Cambodian soil about his responsibility in the genocide of the Cambodian population committed by the ultra-maoist Democratic Kampuchea that Beijing supported from beginning to end and may be even until now.
CPP is an ally of the Vietnam Communist Party, the Chinese Communis Party now chooses to openly support the FUNCINPEC.
It is the classic political rule to divide for better rule used by China.
The CPP is still as powerful without economic aid or against the will of Beijing?Wait and see.
We'll see in 2013 what will FUNCINPEC’s score with the support of Beijing.
This is a turning point in Sino-Khmer relation or rather between the FUNCINPEC and the Chinese Communist Party relation.
The Chinese Communist Party has signed several agreements with Cambodia, including coopération of defense.
Cooperation in defense between Cambodiaand China looks suspiciously like a relationship between the lord and his vassal or between the colonizer and the colonized.
Sino-Cambodian cooperation in the defense has been implemented concretely and diligently that twice during the recent history of Cambodia in which Beijing interests are at stake.
The first time, in the support provided by Beijing to the armed struggle against the Lon Nol Republic supported by the US and the second time in the military support of the Chinese Communists for the Democratic Kampuchea of Pol Pot against Vietnam in the ideological influence war between Communist China and the Soviet union.
In the recent conflict Khmer-Thai, Chinese, whose interests are not in question recommended Cambodia to exercise restraint and use peaceful resolutions and negotiations in front of the Thai military aggression.
It is the Chinese Communist Party who decides what to do for Cambodia. As Chinese Communist Party decided to drop Pol Pot when the international situation changed. Democratic Kampuchea was sacrificed by the Chinese Communist Party for the interests of Beijing.
In both cases, Cambodia had gone out bruised and destroyed. This cooperation in the defense took advantage especially China.
Cambodia lost everything.
The Chinese also asked Cambodia to use the Chinese currency Yuan in the economic relations between both countries. Here, the Chinese have nothing to lose and they have everything to gain becaufe trade with Cambodia is a large surplus in their favor.
Cambodia is a loser because it can not use the Chinese yuan which is undervalued to settle its imports from other countries than China because these imports become extremely expensive, plus the yuan is not convertible outside China and so It is less interesting to have the Yuan as reserve currency.
The only beneficiaries of the use of the Yuan in this bilateral economic exchange are Chinese businessmen and the products made in China.
To follow.
This helicopter was used by China, Pakistan and now Cambodia
Chen + Khmer ==> Yuons demise!
Currently, the leaders of Cambodia are mostly Chinese and Viet.
Its good to replace an old beaten up junky helicopters that we currently having...now though! Its better than nothing..
Cambodia must invest in its people and the better education system for the country to lifted from this dark age.
Cambodians will pay back with oil..
I HOPE AH HUN XEN DIED IN ONE OF THEM CHOPPER WHEN IT CRASH
Hun Sen not pay for Cambodian has to pay for that
DO ma ah Kwack you motherfucker make us slave to ah Chin!
សម័យខ្មែរក្រហម ចិនបានដឹកស្រូវចេញឲ្យ
គគ្រឹកគគ្រាំ.វាបានឲ្យខ្មែរស្លាប់វាល់លាននាក់.
គ្រានេះ រដ្ធាភិបាល ហ៊ុន សែនជំពាក់ចិន
ថែមមួយសារទៀត ដូច្នេះ ខ្មែរចេះតែកិន
ចិនចេះតែកត់ ដល់ពេលកំណត់ វាទារពេល
ណាត់ចិនកាត់យកការ.
អ្នកណាដែលត្រូវសង គឺពលរដ្ធខ្មែរជាអ្នកសង.
បើ ហ៊ុន សែន ជិះយន្តហោះប្រភេទនេះ
ស្រួលនាយទាហានស្អប់ហ៊ុន សែនបាញ់ទម្លាប់.
SEN let go the grip, you have been in control for so long, or long enough!
Don't wait before it's too late.
Sen! can you make a vision by exemple of kadafi, sadame, moubarak, sokano and more?
CAMBODIA NEEDS TO UPGRADE HIS MILITARIES HI-TECH,THE FUTURE CAN'T SEE,SOMEDAYS THE CAMBODIAN ARMIES SHALL JOINT WITH THAILAND AND CHINA TO VANISH THE UNGRATEFUL CROCODILE VIET-CONG OUT OF THE SOUGHT EST ASIAN.
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