Expert warns of ‘debt-trap’ ahead of Cambodian PM visit to China Belt and Road Forum

26 April 2019
Radio Free Asia
International relations
Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation / Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Overdependence, coupled with loans and the cost of maintaining infrastructure, could leave Cambodia in a “debt trap” to China, an expert said Tuesday, as Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen prepares to attend a summit in Beijing on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s sweeping Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China will hold its second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation from April 25-27 to outline the implementation of the BRI, which aims to strengthen infrastructure, trade, and investment links between the Asian superpower and 154 countries and international organizations. …

 Joshua Lipes
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/trap-04232019163513.html