China Donates $19M During Asean Defense Meet
As the region’s top brass gathered in Phnom Penh for the Sixth Asean Defense Ministers Meeting, it was Beijing that once again stole the show with Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie signing off on nearly $19 million in military aid to Cambodia. In the country on a four-day official visit, General Liang is scheduled to meet with defense ministers from the Asean bloc today in order to discuss solutions toward ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea with four of Asean’s members. “The China [defense minister] has come to explain to the Asean defense ministers about [its stance] on the South China Sea,” Defense Minister Tea Banh said yesterday while speaking to reporters at the Defense Ministry. …
