It's Cambodia now, where the US and China are competing for influence
published on July 22 claimed that China has signed a secret agreement to lease the base on the Gulf of Thailand where it will install its own navy personnel and warships, ostensibly to restrict US military outreach in times of any conflict.
But few Western officials will take Sen’s denial seriously. In recent years his government has taken hundreds of millions of dollars in aid from Beijing, which is also investing heavily in the country under its Belt and Road Initiative. Washington has long expressed concern about how China is trying to use its investments in developing countries to expand its military’s outreach.
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