Oddbean new post about login | logout The shadowy Chinese firm that owns chunks of Cambodia China's economic footprint in Cambodia now dwarfs that of any other country. It provides half of all direct investment and most of its foreign aid. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66851049?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA #Cambodia #china #investment #aid #development
@fe47a47d Japan's govt, too, doesn't seem to have its eye on the ball re strategic land purchases in #Japan or has let commercial interests blind it to security concerns including water rights. "A Chinese-affiliated company...bought about half of the uninhabited isle of Yanahajima, located north of Okinawa Prefecture’s main island..." https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14840908 "...Chinese investors have acquired tracts of land on Hokkaido, which has strategic value..." https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/does-japan-need-to-control-land-purchases-by-foreigners/