barang_TK wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:25 pm

Pseudonomdeplume wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:05 pm It would be good to see counter-offers and genuine aid (if it is not too late, with contracts inked) from US, whom we rely on, because they have committed to the preservation of a balance of world power, and the protection of human rights and democracy, and protecting allies, as part of the latest foreign policy.

US bringing democracy to the rest of the world has always been a real success, for sure !

May not be a real success, but it's not a real failure either. Much worse without US efforts.
While we are at it, check out the followings. See a partern?
- China keeps quiet on the military coup to the elected Myanmar government
- China denounces the military coup to the authoritarian Ghana government

barang_TK wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:25 pm

Pseudonomdeplume wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:05 pm It would be good to see counter-offers and genuine aid (if it is not too late, with contracts inked) from US, whom we rely on, because they have committed to the preservation of a balance of world power, and the protection of human rights and democracy, and protecting allies, as part of the latest foreign policy.

US bringing democracy to the rest of the world has always been a real success, for sure !

That's it?

You saw an opportunity to jump in with a negative response, and no input from yourself: Weak.

Firstly, Nellie, what's to say the requests for US assistance from Taiwan and South Korea, deterred China and N. Korea, respectively, from more aggressive action?

Secondly, US have fucked up, but they haven't sat on their hands, and you'd be fucked without them. Take your pick; Russian, Chinese or North Korean?

It's open!
Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge Stung Trang-Kroch Chhmar Officially Put Into Use
AKP Phnom Penh, November 23, 2021 --

The Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge Stung Trang-Kroch Chhmar linking Kampong Cham province to Thbong Khmum province was officially inaugurated this morning.

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HE, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and H.E. Wang Wentian, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, presided over the inauguration ceremony held in Stung Trang district of Kampong Cham province.

Speaking on the occasion, Samdech Techo HE expressed his appreciation for the new infrastructure achievement and profound thanks to the Chinese government and people for their concessional loan for the construction of this 1,131-metre-long and 13.5-metre-wide bridge.

According to H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister, Minister of Public Works and Transport, the bridge crossing the Mekong River stretches from Prek Kak commune of Stung Trang district to Trea commune of Kroch Chhmar district, Thbong Khmum province. The construction began in February 2018 by Shanghai Construction Group and lasted for 42 months.
- AKP