Attacking China, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that our country cannot be Beijing’s dumping ground in the case of corona virus vaccine testing. He said that Cambodia is not a dustbin of China. Hun Sen said that Cambodia is not the appropriate place for vaccine testing. He said that Cambodia would not give China any opportunity for vaccine testing. Hun Sen stated that he would only trust and accept vaccines approved by the health organization. Hun Sen’s statement is a major setback for China. Especially when China and Cambodia are strategically close to each other. The move to Cambodia is being seen as a signal against Chinese aggression in the South East Sea. In such a situation, it is bound to arise that what has changed in the attitude of Cambodia.
Secondly, Cambodia’s statement comes at a time when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in August that China would prioritize Southeast Asian countries over the supply of corona vaccine. By doing this, China has tried to unite the Southeast Asian countries. Following this statement, China has already delivered the first consignment of Synovac vaccines to Indonesia. However, there is no Indonesian comment yet on this. But Cambodaya has blamed China for this. China must have been disappointed at the statement on the Cambodian vaccine.
Cambodia’s home ministry expressed great concern
China is investing heavily in Cambodia under a loan-taking policy. China aims to invest up to $ 10 billion in Cambodia by 2023. Cambodia’s Ministry of Home Affairs had expressed concern that the Chinese population constituted more than 60 percent of the total foreigners in Cambodia. Chinese shopkeepers in Cambodia are taking shops on a lease and thus ending local trade from there. China has built its factories everywhere in the sea city of Sihanoukville in Cambodia. It is a tax-free economic zone. In addition, China is also investing in Cambodia on railways, roads and runways. Explain that the trade relations between China and Cambodia strengthened very rapidly from 2010. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke about the Silk Road project and Cambodia was also included.
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Confidential agreement between Cambodia and China
A few days ago, according to a Wall Street Journal report, it was claimed that a secret agreement was reached between Cambodia and China. Under this agreement, the Chinese military will be able to use Cambodia’s maritime military base for the next 40 years. The deal between Cambodia and China could pose a threat to the strategic balance of the South China Sea. This is the reason why America strongly opposed this agreement. The US Defense Ministry has expressed its objection to this.
