Cambodia is a 'Geopolitical Chessboard for China, US'
Sputnik News | 24 July 2016
There have been reports about a suspected coup plot against Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen who has ordered a column of tanks to be moved closer to the capital. Sputnik discussed the issue with Vladimir Kolotov, a Moscow-based political scientist.
Cambodia is not an exception here as in many countries outside players are looking for ways to bring to power a government they can manipulate. They did it in Ukraine and they are now trying to do it also in Syria and Turkey.
“Cambodians have seen a US-planned coup bringing General Lon Nol to power. And one by China, when the country was run by the bloody regime of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary and became a Chinese protectorate. Only recently Cambodia, under strong pressure from Beijing, came out in support of Beijing over the issue of the South China Sea,” Vladimir Kolotov said.
He still doesn’t think that Phnom Penh is 100-percent toeing Beijing’s line because many in Cambodia accuse him of being pro-Vietnamese. The truth is that Hun Sen is simply trying to pursue a balanced policy and “swim between two waters.”
As for China and the US, they both want to have their man at the helm in Phnom Penh. America is wary of China’s growing presence in Southeast Asia and is trying hard to counter Beijing’s sway over the Hun Sen government.
“As a result, Cambodia is now becoming a geopolitical chessboard for China and the United States,” Kolotov noted, adding that any growth of either pro-American or pro-Chinese forces in Cambodia would bring more pressure against Vietnam.
“Cambodia will find it hard to focus on defending its sea borders if a problem arises in the southwest. There are forces inside the country willing to claw back part of Vietnamese territory in the Mekong Delta and in the south,” he continued.
“My impression is that what is now happening in Cambodia is not an attempted coup, but rather an attempt to test the government’s response to a military takeover in order to neutralize its strong points and sally the image of loyalist generals,” Kolotov said, adding that if such a coup actually happens this would further destabilize the already volatile Southeast Asian region.
Ah Kork Hun Sen is very stupid and dumb. He doesn't know anything about the world around him. He was just a Vietnamese puppet "in Khmer language, he has been called AH YONG YUON" and this guy "Ah Kork Hun Sen" has been secretly used and manipulated by his Vietnamese/Yuon masters in Hanoi in order for killing millions of Khmer/Cambodian again in the blind eyes of the International Community and UN. Yuon/Vietnamese masters in Hanoi are the dirty minded killers other than China when it comes Cambodian Killing Fields from 1975 to 1979. So, China has been accused to support Pol Pot during Khmer Rouges regime while the Vietnaemse/Yuon secret agents were hiding in Khmer Rouges uniforms {who spoke Khmer/Cambodian language very well} and killed innocent Khmer people in order to reduce Cambodian population. Yes, Cambodia is annexed by Vietnam while China is not close to Cambodia border. Vietnamese/Yuon master-minded killers in Hanoi have been so clever and planning very dirty wars and trick to fool the world. China and Khmer Rouges led by Pol Pot have been accused as the killers or the scapegoats.
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