China and Cambodia to begin port project

China and Cambodia to begin port project

Subject: Geography

Section :mapping

• China and Cambodia began an expansion operation at the Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville.
• It has prompted concern in the United States and elsewhere that it will be used by Beijing as a naval outpost on the Gulf of Thai­land.
• Phnom Penh denies reports that it will be used as a Chinese naval outpost and described the expansion of the Ream Naval Base as “cooperation between China and Cambo­dia”.
• Ream faces the Gulf of Thailand, adjacent to the South China Sea, where Chi­na has aggressively asserted its claim to virtually the en­tire strategic waterway.
• The U.S. has refused to recognize China’s sweeping claim and routinely conducts military maneuvers there to rein­force that they are interna­tional waters.