Cristina Maza

 

Days after signing a statement welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy took to Radio Free Asia to slam China for enabling human rights abuses in the Kingdom with no-strings-attached loans.

 

Over the past two decades, China has invested billions of dollars in mining, hydro-power dams, and other infrastructure projects in Cambodia. During a visit to the Kingdom last week, Xi cemented future cooperation between the two countries with the signing of 31 agreements, including $238 million in soft loans, $89 million in debt forgiveness and $15 million in military aid.

 

But according to Rainsy, this influx of funding has fuelled corruption and offered questionable economic advantages.

 

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When I was in Georgia recently,  I mentioned to the hotel owner about the large number of China transport trucks on the roads.  He said yes, they come full and go back empty.  Little help to their economy.