Mounting Concerns in Cambodia Chinese Funding for Controversial Canal May Fall Through

Excavators are used to dig the Funan Techo canal along the Prek Takeo channel in Cambodia's Kandal province. TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

When construction of Cambodia’s $1.7 billion Funan Techo canal got underway in August, Prime Minister Hun Manet confidently assured everyone that Chinese funding for the project would come through.

Now, though, there are mounting concerns the Prime Minister’s assurances may have been premature and that Chinese financiers are reconsidering their 49% stake in the project.

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