Cambodia and the Chinese Connection

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Khmer Times/Ven Rathavong

(Beijing) – Cambodia is the third most populous country in Southeast Asia for Chinese nationals and their descendants, according to a Chinese researcher in Beijing. According to Luo Yang, an associate professor at the Chinese Institute of Overseas Chinese History Studies in Beijing, Cambodia is the third most populous country in Southeast Asia for Chinese nationals and Chinese descendants. Dr. Yang, who published books in Chinese this March that she says will eventually be translated into English and Khmer, wrote her doctoral thesis on the civilizations of Cambodia.

In an interview with Khmer Times last week, Dr. Yang said that depending on the study one looks at, there are between 900,000 and one million Chinese and Chinese Cambodians now living in the Kingdom. Chinese and Chinese Cambodians, Dr. Yang says, “occupy 7 percent of [Cambodia’s] total population.” One study shows that of 900,000 Chinese or Chinese-Cambodians living in the Kingdom, about 100,000 retained their Chinese citizenship, while the remaining 800,000 have secured Cambodian citizenship.

“I think it is a big number compared to Singapore, Malaysia and other Southeast Asia countries,” Dr. Yang said. She added that Singapore is the most populous ASEAN country for Chinese nationals and their descendants, while Indonesia is the second most populous.

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[Dtaw]

They've been infesting and corrupting Cambodia for a long time. A large Chinese expat population in any country is never a good thing.