Khmer Circle រង្វង់ខ្មែរ: China frets over US ties with Australia

Monday, 19 November 2012

China frets over US ties with Australia

Barack Obama, the US president, says the Asia Pacific region is key to his country's future. But as co-operation with Australia grows, so does Chinese suspicion of US goals in the area. Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Perth.

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The long tragedy of Cham history

“The process [‘Nam Tien’ or Vietnamese southward expansion] was well defined by Léopold Cadière in 1911: “As soon as they feel themselves able, they drive off the first inhabitants, whether in a peaceful manner, by taking over the land, clearing it and “planting the bamboo” – the hedges that to this day still surround Annamese gardens and villages – or by violence, then they fight with the Chams, destroying their temples and mutilating their statues.” In short, there was no room left for the Chams.”