Synopsis: The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar hosts ST’s Indochina bureau chief Tan Hui Yee.
They talk about China’s presence especially in this region in light of Hui Yee's recent reporting trip to Cambodia. She visited Sihanoukville, a quiet coastal town which has been transformed by Chinese investment.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, a flood of Chinese casino and hotel investments brought a construction boom to the Cambodian coastal city.
Highlights (click/tap above):
1:00 The transformation of Sihanoukville
3:55 How do residents in Sihanoukville feel? Did Cambodian businesses feel sidelined?
6:52 Surveys of regional policymakers, academicians and businessmen show China is the least trusted country in the region; but is this feeling as intense on the ground in countries like Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia?
10:25 Chinese loans, Laos and fears that it could become the next Sri Lanka, with a high debt burden
16:10 Other big China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in the region: Are they proceeding as planned?
Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Eden Soh
Edited by: Eden Soh
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