Cambodia Set to Open Chinese-Renovated Naval Base

File image of Cambodian navy personnel walk on a jetty in Ream naval base in Preah Sihanouk province. AFP / TANG CHHIN Sothy

Cambodia will inaugurate a Chinese-renovated naval base next month, an army spokesman said Tuesday, with a Japanese warship expected to be the first to dock at the site that has drawn concerns from the United States.

Washington has said the Ream naval base, located off Cambodia’s southern coast, could give Beijing a key strategic position in the Gulf of Thailand near the disputed South China Sea, which China claims almost entirely.

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