Investment Figures Show Billions of Dollars from China
China has become Cambodia’s biggest investor, putting some $8.8 billion into the country over nearly two decades, according to online data from the government’s lead investment agency. Those investment numbers, from the Council for the Development of Cambodia, from 1994 to 2011, do not take into account a number of newer investments, including a 400-kilometer rail line, a steel plant and sea port, worth another $11 billion. ... The second-largest investor was South Korea, followed in order by Malaysia, the UK and the US. Japan, the largest international donor to Cambodia, ranks No. 15 in investment, according to the CDC figures. ...
