The top U.S. Army officer for the Asia-Pacific region was in Cambodia in the latest visit by U.S. officials aimed at improving estranged ties between the two nations and their militaries. The two-day visit by Gen. Ronald P. Clark comes against a background of rocky relations with Cambodia, whose government Washington has long criticized for political repression and human rights violations. There is also particular concern about its close ties with China. The United States and others fear that China’s navy may have been given exclusive access to a base at Ream on the Gulf of Thailand, which would allow it to project its power from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean.Read More
