China and US in Cambodia

Political Analysis Today:

You can simply compare the approach between Madam Clinton and Mr. Wu. Madam Clinton wanted to have firsthand experiences by associating with common Cambodians, visiting rural areas and destitute places, interacting with youths and students before talking with those top leaders who Madam Clinton considered as the servants of Cambodian people. Madam Clinton aimed to empower Cambodian people in creativity, independency and courage to speak up to power in order to secure their future, their children and sustainability. But Mr. Wu is very different. Mr. Wu came up by chit-chating with top leaders and promised to give lucrative aids to those top leaders without condition or tying.

Op-Ed: Khmer Young

Just few days passed, many top leaders of the world physically appeared in Cambodia. Those included Ban-Kimoon, UNs secretary general; Madam Hilary Clinton, US Secretary of State, and Mr. Wu, a top officer of Chinese parliament.

This appearance appeared after Hun Sen claimed that China's territorial conflict should be bilateral solution, ASEAN should not interfere with it. What we can notice this public claim of Hun Sen in Hanoi was surely inclining to give prowess to China but under the prospect of supervising of Hanoi. If my speculation is true, the history is repeating itself again in Cambodia.

The current strategic game of China-Vietnam in Cambodia is similar like during American war. First, Vietnam engaged with China to defeat American troops. After the great unification between the North and South, Vietnam disengaged from China to invade Cambodia. Surely, China supported all means to KR including ideology and military supplies, but China fell into Vietnam's chessboard as Chinese aids were used by Vietnamese insurgents. Many Vietnamese cadres were hiding inside the troops of KR. Pure KR soldiers are tribes and farmers who didn't know how to use guns and tanks supplied by China. Yes, we can say the infiltrating game of Vietnam worked very well in that time.