Quite a bit going on in local Sino-Cambodian relations this week, as befits the country's largest donor.
China in Cambodia: What You May Have Missed This Week
Photo: China Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, China, Remko Tanis; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
China and Regional Cooperation: A New Era
Photo: 澜沧江边的架线工人/wireman on the riverside of Mekong; Mingjia Zhou in Nanjian, Yunnan, PRC; 11 September 2009; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
China's track record with regional cooperation, historically, has been "patchy" to say the least. The dismal outcomes of the 1990s era Tumen River Basin project in China's northeast regularly gallop to my mind when the phrase "regional cooperation" is uttered.
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Prince Norodom Sihanouk with Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1956. Photo: Washington DC: Center of Military History - Joel D. Meyerson, United States Army in Vietnam: Images of a Lengthy War, 1986, Center of Military History (Public Domain); Wikimedia Commmons
What is the full extent of Chinese assistance and investment? Beyond the "glamour projects" - the government buildings, etc - how deep is China's aid foot print? How is China altering the dynamics of aid provision in Cambodia?
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