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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: 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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This Week in Lao: Are We Starting to See "Balancing" Against China?
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Continuing our "Weekly Round Up" Series - today we head north of the border to Laos.
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