Days after a Reuters report suggested that China, as Cambodia’s “top creditor”, had stopped providing loans to the Kingdom, a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance dismissed the claims as “misleading and ridiculous”.
A Reuters article published on December 11 noted that China did not approve any loans to Cambodia in 2024, citing third-quarter data from the Kingdom’s finance ministry.
The report speculated that China’s decision might be tied to “caution over failed infrastructure projects” in Cambodia. The article cited the Funan Techo Canal as an example. The outlet has previously alleged that the ambitious project has lost Chinese support.
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