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Cambodia needs to restore balance in ties with US, China

It cannot afford to alienate America as it needs international trade and investments; Washington should also engage Phnom Penh with much greater sensitivity.

Published Thu, Jul 6, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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THE influence of the United States in South-east Asia is decreasing, with Cambodia turning away from Washington because of its stinginess and interventionist policies to embrace the more generous and accommodative Beijing. The US is losing strategic space in the region because the Philippines is also distancing itself from Washington and allying with Beijing.

Cambodia has been maintaining a facade of balancing relations with the two maj…

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