Paranoia?  Or, where there's smoke there's fire?  <shrug>

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-us-fears-this-huge-southeast-asian-resort-may-become-a-chinese-naval-base/ar-AAEwUSU

Im pretty sure Sihanoukville was built to be the capital of chinese money laundering. the reason they choose cambodia is because it uses US$

A recent article from an Australian newspaper.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-s-takeover-of-sihanoukville-is-almost-complete-despite-base-row-20190805-p52e44.html

This link should work.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-s-takeover-of-sihanoukville-is-almost-complete-despite-base-row-20190805-p52e44.html