A Change of Guard

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Thursday, 15 May 2014

After Anti-China Protests in Vietnam, Chinese Flee to Cambodia

Workers wave Vietnamese national flags during an anti-China protest at a Chinese-owned shoe factory in Vietnam's northern Thai Binh province May 14, 2014.
Workers wave Vietnamese national flags during an anti-China protest at a Chinese-owned shoe factory in Vietnam's northern Thai Binh province May 14, 2014.
Heng Reaksmey May 14, 2014  

PHNOM PENH — Chinese citizens in Vietnam have begun crossing the border into Cambodia to escape violent protests over the South China Sea conflict.

Vietnamese Embassy spokesman in Phnom Penh, Trung Van Thong, told VOA's Khmer service the Chinese began crossing the border this week.

“They [Chinese] were not expelled from [Vietnam],” he said. “It is their personal decision. I do not know the reason why the Chinese no longer want to live there."

The number of Chinese who have come across from Vietnam is unclear and Cambodian officials have declined to comment on the border crossings, which took place after Chinese and Taiwanese factories were targeted by mobs in southern Vietnam.

Meanwhile the head of the Association of Khmer Vietnamese in Cambodia, Sem Chi, said his members plan to protest  this week outside the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh.

But the Cambodian Ministry of Interior said such a protest would not be allowed.

"Foreigners cannot use Cambodian territory to stage a protest against another group of foreigners,” Khieu Sopheak said. “It is not allowed by law."


Cambodia has a sizable ethnic Vietnamese population and most members of the Khmer-Vietnamese Association are believed to be Cambodian residents.

This report was produced in collaboration with the VOA Khmer service.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OK, so Japanese stayed away from Chinese, invest to Vietnam while Chinese left Vietnam and march to Cambodia. Hope to see more jobs within natural resource, forestry, casino, tourism and agricultural industry from big brother Chinese.

Anonymous said...

What can you expect from these SAVAGE YOUN ??? They Killed and continue killing millions of Khmer since they came into contact with the Khmer.

They are showing the world their true color now. For centuries, they have encroached and stolen millions acres of Khmer land and yet we HAVE NOT burned a single youn's hut. We Khmer are too humble toward the SAVAGE youn and if we want to continue to exist in this world we MUST CHANGE our attitude toward these SAVAGES.

Sincerely,

Stupid youn...