China and Cambodia, Primetime News ft. China & Cambodia economic relations. Options

[tazzytazz]

I watch Primetime news today where China has vowed to helped Cambodia strengthen economic ties. one of the Cmbodian spokesman said on the interview on primetime news had said that the Chinese/Cambodia ties are closed knit. estimating that a factory has open in Cambodia every 2 months. billions of dollars had been invested into Cambodia from China. My khmer AF. is this a good thing or a bad thing?

[thewiseguy]

Bad thing. China doesn't care about Cambodia's economy. They are just using Cambodia to spread out their economy, power, influence. I hope Srok khmer is not going to be infested with Chinese ppl anytime soon where they control the media just like in Thailand.

[Congradufuckalat...]

^^ True. Almost everything in Thailand is run by the Chinese. Even most of their population isn't full Thai anymore. I am part Chinese myself, but what's wrong with help from China? Cambodia needs all the economic help they can get, because the way I see it, it's still a really poor country compared to Thailand and Vietnam.

[applepannic]

Most of you are too paranoid about the Chinese. The Chinese of China today has leaving their country the last thing on their mind, they're already becoming a superpower. The ones that did migrate did so because they were poor, but now even poor people in China are better off than their middle incomes Southeast Asian kins.

[LukeLao]

Bad thing. China doesn't care about Cambodia's economy. They are just using Cambodia to spread out their economy, power, influence. I hope Srok khmer is not going to be infested with Chinese ppl anytime soon where they control the media just like in Thailand.

I agree with this poster. Every country in the world only look out for their own interests.

[Guyer]

I watch Primetime news today where China has vowed to helped Cambodia strengthen economic ties. one of the Cmbodian spokesman said on the interview on primetime news had said that the Chinese/Cambodia ties are closed knit. estimating that a factory has open in Cambodia every 2 months. billions of dollars had been invested into Cambodia from China. My khmer AF. is this a good thing or a bad thing?

I watched part of the show on line. The surprising thing they mentioned was that Cambodia is home to the largest Chinese language school outside of mainland China having about 8,000 students enrolled. WTF? That's a huge number. The bottom line is that China is going to be the next superpower and the Chinese population is big, greater than 1.3 billion people. They are not only in Cambodia but they are everywhere, just about in every corner of the earth. An Indian guy that was interviewed in the show said that the Chinese language is the key to the future and the key to prosperity and I agree with his statement. A few decades from now, instead of students wanting to study in Europe or the US, they are going to be studying in China.

Also, the Chinese have been pumping billions and billions of dollars to the Cambodian economy. They are now the largest foreign investor and greatest aid donor which is always a good thing for a developing country. They are also assisting Cambodia militarily. A while back ago, they supplied a few patrol crafts to the Cambodian Navy and recently, you can see some Cambodian soldiers at Preah Vihear carrying the latest Chinese-made assault rifles (QBZ-97's) protecting Cambodia's sovereignty. The good thing about China's influence is that now the US sees it as a threat to them. To counter the Chinese, the US gave Cambodia 31 GMC military trucks this year and pledged 3.2 million dollars in military aid. It kinda like a tug-a-war with the two superpowers with one country trying to out due the other to see who will have the strongest influence over Cambodia. Honestly, I think any help from any nation is a good thing, even if it's from China.

This post has been edited by Guyer: Aug 8 2008, 03:42 AM

[applepannic]

^That's a lie. Why would the largest Chinese school outside of China be in Cambodia? Let me see, every Southeast Asian countries except Laos has a much bigger Chinese population.

[Guyer]

^That's a lie. Why would the largest Chinese school outside of China be in Cambodia? Let me see, every Southeast Asian countries except Laos has a much bigger Chinese population.

It's the largest Chinese "language" school outside of mainland Chinese. Yeah, I was surprised myself to hear that considering how small the Cambodian population is in all. Here's a clip of the interview of Bob Woodruff (Primetime ABC news) by Charie rose of PBS. It's not the actual Primetime show but the clip show segments of it relating to the Chinese relationships with Angola, Brazil, and Cambodia. The Cambodia part of the clip starts about 8:10 into the video: http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/8/5/...odruff-abc-news. It's short clip but interesting nonetheless.

[applepannic]

I love it when they don't fact check. It sometimes turn out hilarious.

[Guyer]

^What do you mean?

[applepannic]

These reports sometimes don't fact check their sources. The largest school outside of mainland china should be in places where there is actually a large Chinese population, like Taiwan, Singapore or Malaysia.

[east1999]

These reports sometimes don't fact check their sources. The largest school outside of mainland china should be in places where there is actually a large Chinese population, like Taiwan, Singapore or Malaysia.

They say Cambodia have the lagest Chinese language learning class which is 8,000 khmer kid learning chinese. Not the largest chinese student class

[mano2mano]

i don't know man, cambodia been friend with china for centuries and..... you know the rest.

[Itsm3Yoshi]

yeah been following chinese for centuries. " the rest" well just say Cambodian Land got much smaller, millons died under the chinese communist style movement..I'm telling you the chinese is behind just about everything. They dont' get involved themselves, instead they use other country to do their work. They are very cunning. I mean look at their empire right now. #1 economy, largest population, and what basically the largest land that is occupied , not counting Russsia where their land is mostly useless filled with snow.
My main point is if khmer back then never let foreigners in with OPEN arm, I don't think we would lose so much land.

[tazzytazz]

I really appreciate everyones feedback. I too are really skeptical with chinese influences. but as of now we are in need of help and much more until we are stable. that is the goal of our new khmer empire... lets rebuild.

[preahvihear]

I really appreciate everyones feedback. I too are really skeptical with chinese influences. but as of now we are in need of help and much more until we are stable. that is the goal of our new khmer empire... lets rebuild.

This is what I heard, a rumor, perhaps. I don't know. I heard that the ordinary Cambodians in the "urban" areas love to decorate the outside of their houses with glossy paper filled with Chinese characters? Inside each of their houses, they put a Chinese-style altar that is typically found in Cambodian restaurants outside Cambodia. I also heard, when it is Chinese New Year, most Cambodians claim that they are Chinese and as a result, the government buildings are closed, schools are closed, shops are closes, and the city of Phnom Penh becomes a ghost town. Tell me what you think.

[transtic]

^ A lot of that is true. At first I thought 'Wow there's a lot of Chinese people in Phnom Penh, like, 95% of the population!' Then I realised that most of these decorations are for good luck and prosperity, particularly for businesses. So Chinese decoration in urban areas doesn't necessarily indicate Chinese heritage. During Chinese New Years a lot of Khmers also take the time off too, any reason to relax and have a drink I suppose =D. I don't think that they're claiming Chinese heritage though.. but you never know.

This post has been edited by transtic: Aug 9 2008, 10:40 AM

[east1999]

Then I realised that most of these decorations are for good luck and prosperity, particularly for businesses. So Chinese decoration in urban areas doesn't necessarily indicate Chinese heritage.

Yup is just for decoration and good luck cause all my family in srok khmer does that lol

[xuanzang]

Cambodia can't have a large chinese population, chinese immigrants always try to keep in contact with their ancestrial area back in china as long as possible, if there was a large chinese populaion then we would know for sure.

[Congradufuckalat...]

^^

More in-depth information about the history of Chinese in Cambodia.
http://www.cascambodia.org/chinese_cam.htm