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Lanmei Airlines is a low-cost carrier based in Cambodia which commenced operations in September 2017.
Image: Christian Junker; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Hun Sen's personal interest in reviving Cambodia's ethnic Chinese community likely grew from a combination of economic and personal factors. Economically, Hun Sen was convinced by 1990 that only capitalism could bring development to Cambodia.
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Image: Travelling down the Nam Ou between Muang Khua and Muang Ngoi Neua 2; Anne Roberts; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
The Yellow River is to China what the Mekong is to Southeast Asia: both the origin and the prop of civilisation, providing water and agricultural land to nurture a growing society. While the Mekong is thought of with affection and gratitude as the “Mother of Waters”, however, the Yellow River has always been feared and distrusted.
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Image: Fishing Village Dock Sihanoukville Cambodia; Sally, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
While wishing everyone the best for the Pchum Ben holiday - let's see what the Middle Kingdom has been up to in the Kingdom of Wonder as of late...
Artist: Akezhanga (Manchu name) or Song Ling (Chinese name), c. 18th century
Modern Western ideas concerning the purpose and practice of politics are threaded through with assumptions and concepts developed during the Enlightenment, and primary among these is the vision of the state as a kind of formalised protection racket.
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Image: National Assembly Building opposite the HCM mausoleum; shankar s., CC BY 2.0
When we examine the Beijing Consensus approach, we see deep problems for other states seeking to implement it or a variant thereof, and do not see it as replicable for states other than China in that those other states simply do not have the unique advantages that supported China's early and medium term growth.
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Image: Sihanoukville's Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) as seen from National Highway No. 4 near Ream commune; Wikirictor, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0
I have discussed broadly the impact that increased trade and investment has had on Cambodia’s development. One of the most concrete policy examples of this being the case is in Cambodia’s Special Economic Zones (SEZ).
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SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (May 1, 2012) U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) anchors off the coast of Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Blue Ridge is on patrol in the Asia-Pacific and in Sihanoukville for a port visit. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Sarah A. Stancati/Released); CC BY-NC
This week's round up of China-Cambodia related news.
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Image: Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng (L) hands over a plaque to Gao Hua, re-elected president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 10, 2015; News.cn
This week we kick things off with a link to an excellent piece by Elizabeth Economy, the foremost expert on Chinese environmental policy, on that very topic. We highly recommend her book on the issue, The River Runs Black.
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Image: China & Taiwan: 2 sisters, Large propaganda board with China and Taiwan depicted as two sisters, happily holding each other in Xiamen, PRC: 思归照统一，两岸一家亲, kattebelletje, CC BY-NC 2.0
Later this week we will be providing our usual round up of events in the world of Sino-Cambodian relations, but today we take a break to pose a question that my own research currently examines, what I call the "Bates Question."
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Image: South China Morning Post
Just a brief round-up of some of the events that caught my eye this week, more on Sino-Cambodian relations soon.
