Buildings built in the REAM Navy base make the specialist suspect they are related to China.

In the report announced on May 21 and updated a week later, the Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) belonged to the Center for Strategy and International Research (CSIS) discovered on satellite images

Buildings built in the northern region where the US funds are funded by the US, which are demolished by Cambodian officials by 2020, raising Chinese concerns can benefit from the upgrading activities of Hai

Satellite photos showed that the leveling of premises began after April 17, the work began to be built in early May and completed on May 21.

The speed of dizzying construction in Ream and the lack of information to raise concerns that upgraded activities at the base to serve both Cambodia and China, Amti's report.

This organization suggested that this would be one of the issues raised by the US Deputy Foreign Minister Wendy Sherman when visiting Cambodia.

The US-funded building area (below) in July 2020 and the newly built basis (above) on May 21.

Satellite photos were taken last year showed that the US funds funded at the Ream Navy base were destroyed, raising concerns that Cambodia could allow Chinese troops to approach this location.

These worries still exist despite Cambodian officials repeatedly affirming the demolition of tactical commands of the National Maritime Security Commission funded by the US at the REAM base are not related to any construction plan

However, Amit's report said the New Tactical Commission of the Cambodia National Maritime Security Committee was built on the island of Koh Preab with a very small area.

New buildings on Koh Preab island on 3/5.

Bunna Vann, expert at Cambodia Institute of Cooperation and Peace, said the new building at REAM base was built with support from China, located almost the same area where the old grassroots was destroyed by the US

This shows that China is a great motivation for Cambodia to demolish US-funded buildings, which can make Washington more uncomfortable with Phnompenh and causes trouble for the relations of the two countries, Vann said.

The Sovinda Po expert under Cambodia Institute of Cooperation and Peace said that the time of completing the construction project at the REAM Navy shows that Cambodia takes China to bargain with the United States.

Regarding the Chinese, Cambodia is capable of protecting the view that they are not national or Chinese dependencies.

The Po expert recognized Cambodia recently thought to show excessive friendly attitude to China and did not take into account US concerns, which made Washington feel uncomfortable.

At the International Conference on the Asian Future on May 20, Prime Minister Hun Sen asked whom who rely on China rely on?

Cambodian soldiers at Ream Navy Base in Sihanoukville.

The Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia last week said that trade turnover with China reached 3 billion USD in the first 4 months of this year, an increase of 19.7% compared to the same period last year.

During the Southeast Asian trip, US Deputy Foreign Minister Sherman plans to reaffirm the US commitment to ASEAN's central role and solve bilateral and regional problems, including effort to end