https://www.scmp.com/rss/507472/feed Aun Chhengpor is a Cambodian journalist based in Phnom Penh. He covers Cambodian politics and development, the Mekong subregion, and Southeast Asian affairs. A media practitioner by training, he also teaches and focuses on expanding his interests in media and information literacy. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A day after Cambodia marked 68 years of independence last month, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government was hit with a brace of disapproving announcements from Washington that analysts say signal future tensions in the bilateral relationship and risk pushing Phnom Penh further into “China’s corner”. The first press release on November 10 broadcast new US sanctions against Cambodian navy chief Admiral Tea Vinh and defence ministry equipment tsar General Chau Phirun for allegedly conspiring to profit... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3158415/us-criticises-cambodia-veers-closer-ironclad-brother-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3158415/us-criticises-cambodia-veers-closer-ironclad-brother-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Dec 2021 01:00:20 +0000 Ties between the United States and Cambodia, already strained over possible privileges given to China at a naval base in the Southeast Asian nation, have grown more tense after officials in Phnom Penh accused Washington of interference during a visit by an American diplomat. Lieutenant General Suon Samnang, deputy general director of policy and foreign affairs at the Cambodian defence ministry, on Friday said outgoing US defence attaché Colonel Marcus Ferrara had wanted to inspect a site at the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3137271/cambodian-officials-accuse-washington-interference-after-denying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3137271/cambodian-officials-accuse-washington-interference-after-denying?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 In the tree-lined Dong Jiao Min Alley in Beijing’s former Legation Quarter, across the street from the St Michael’s Church, stands a gated compound watched over by a pair of Chinese imperial guardian lions. The building, which housed French diplomats until the end of the Qing dynasty and monarchy in 1911, is exclusively reserved for two royal guests of the Chinese Communist Party: Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and queen mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. The two Cambodian royals are regular... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3111686/why-cambodias-royals-need-close-china-ties-are-separate-hun-sens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3111686/why-cambodias-royals-need-close-china-ties-are-separate-hun-sens?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:15:06 +0000 China’s foreign minister Wang Yi is expected to arrive in Cambodia on Sunday, in a trip that signals deepening ties between the neighbours but also comes at a time Phnom Penh is concerned about becoming a ground for Sino-American competition, analysts say. In the first stop of his four-nation tour to Southeast Asia, Wang is expected to meet Prime Minister Hun Sen, Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, the Cambodian foreign affairs ministry said. China starts... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3104988/cambodia-chinas-wang-yi-set-challenge-us-pressures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3104988/cambodia-chinas-wang-yi-set-challenge-us-pressures?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:30:12 +0000