U.S. President Joe Biden expressed concerns over Chinese military activity and transparency at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to a White House press statement on Nov. 12.
China responded that its assistance in building the Cambodia port military facility is a “normal activity” between comprehensive strategic cooperative partners. The Chinese activity aims to ” strengthen” the Cambodian navy and defend its maritime territorial integrity, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning.
Experts who analyzed the communist regime’s ambitions in establishing bridgeheads on foreign soil determined its goal is more than overt military control, intelligence gathering, or cultural influence. It is also to exert more effective control over the supply chain, which is just as vital to China’s global power grab….