PHNOM PENH, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Almost one-third of the top political, economic and social news of Cambodia in 2008 were related to China, according to the year-ending news charts published on Wednesday by the kingdom's longest-running Chinese-language daily newspaper the Commercial News.
The official goodwill visit to Cambodia by China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin from Dec. 2 to 6, the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic ties between China and Cambodia, as well as the maiden visit by Chinese military vessel on Nov. 4, were seen among the "Top 10 Political News of Cambodia in 2008" recommended by the paper.
Its "Top 10 Economic News of Cambodia in 2008" highlighted the 257 million U.S. dollars of donation that the Chinese government had promised to give the kingdom in 2009, the June 27 Exhibition of Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Cambodia, as well as the completion of the renovation work of Cambodian National Road No. 7 under the financial aid of China.
The Commercial News on Wednesday also published the "Top 10 Social News of Cambodia in 2008," which included the 1.3 million U.S. dollars of donation by all sectors of the Cambodian society for the earthquake-affected areas of China, and the Dec. 11 inauguration of the Phnom Penh China-Cambodia Friendship Radio to provide trilingual broadcast services in Khmer, Chinese and English for the audience of the kingdom.
According to the Cambodian Investment Committee, China topped the list of foreign investing countries in Cambodia in the past 14years, with its total amount reaching 5.707 billion U.S. dollars, among 24.768 billion U.S. dollars in all.
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