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China, Cambodia breaking ground on joint port project

FILE - Cambodian warships are docked at Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 26, 2019. Cambodian and Chinese officials will break ground this week on the expansion of a port facility that the U.S. and others have worried will be used by Beijing a naval outpost on the Gulf of Thailand, but the government again denied Tuesday that any Chinese military presence would be allowed. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows a Cambodian naval base in Ream, Cambodia, April 25, 2022. Cambodian and Chinese officials will break ground this week on the expansion of a port facility that the U.S. and others have worried will be used by Beijing a naval outpost on the Gulf of Thailand, but the government again denied Tuesday that any Chinese military presence would be allowed. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

FILE - Cambodian navy troop members walk at Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 26, 2019. Cambodian and Chinese officials will break ground this week on the expansion of a port facility that the U.S. and others have worried will be used by Beijing a naval outpost on the Gulf of Thailand, but the government again denied Tuesday that any Chinese military presence would be allowed. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

FILE - Cambodian navy crew stand on a patrol boat at the Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 26, 2019. Cambodian and Chinese officials will break ground this week on the expansion of a port facility that the U.S. and others have worried will be used by Beijing a naval outpost on the Gulf of Thailand, but the government again denied Tuesday that any Chinese military presence would be allowed. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

China, Cambodia breaking ground on joint port project