tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post542202698877653937..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: What Do Cambodians Think About China?T. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-83016506022421573612020-02-24T08:37:37.685-08:002020-02-24T08:37:37.685-08:00How sad and angry to hear that from Cambodian. Vie...How sad and angry to hear that from Cambodian. Vietnam won independence by ourselves so deserve it more than any one. Vietnam fight for their survival to gain nothing except blind hatred back and 5 islands to Khmer from 1956 - 1960 Hòn Năng Trong (Ile du Milieu), Hòn Năng Ngoài , (Ile à l’Eau) Hòn Tai (Ile du Pic), Hòn Kiến Vàng (Ile des Fourmis) và Hòn Keo Ngựa (Ile du Cheval). 10years with ykienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154755971026493672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-57284320350275101172020-01-03T02:26:22.111-08:002020-01-03T02:26:22.111-08:00Ask Cambodians how many of them have small percent...Ask Cambodians how many of them have small percentage of Chinese ancestry. Chinese have been immigrating to Cambodia and South East Asia for centuries because it's a better place to live. But the new arrival are different from the previous wave of Teochew and Cantonese.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-47773431144208151752019-03-21T20:45:55.970-07:002019-03-21T20:45:55.970-07:00@bankotsu-- As a matter of fact, I *did.* Harder f...@bankotsu-- As a matter of fact, I *did.* Harder for them to give honest answers, of course, because I am an American and they might fear being rude to one. But generally speaking Khmer opinion of Americans and Europeans is very high. As I noted in the piece:<br /><br /><i>" I have even taken to drawing the comparison in more negative terms myself just to gauge Cambodian reactions to it: &T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-16358057624856513732019-03-18T23:37:31.881-07:002019-03-18T23:37:31.881-07:00Did you ask them about their views on Americans? T...Did you ask them about their views on Americans? That would be interesting too.<br /><br />Ask them about the American bombings and killings in Cambodia during 70s.Bankotsunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-25486288174918596082019-03-16T20:50:49.044-07:002019-03-16T20:50:49.044-07:00Been living in the region and visiting phnom penh,...Been living in the region and visiting phnom penh, siem riep for 20+ years, same experience and like many asian societies, the hegemony of opinion on this is absolute. Many of course tie it to the construction biz. Leaders have sold out their country from underneath them.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-2466238610661684352019-03-13T07:24:34.594-07:002019-03-13T07:24:34.594-07:00@Ji Xiang--
I concur. Something I am less sure ab...@Ji Xiang--<br /><br />I concur. Something I am less sure about--something I still need to tease out--is to what extent ordinary Cambodians distinguish between Cambodian-Chinese (who having ethnically lived apart from Khmer for generations) but usually don't speak a lick of mandarin.T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-2962525178496041682019-03-13T00:55:54.946-07:002019-03-13T00:55:54.946-07:00Myanmar here. Same. The attitudes actually remind ...Myanmar here. Same. The attitudes actually remind me of anti-Semitism on some level, i.e. the Chinese are clever about money, but you can't trust them. Clay Fenlasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06867604935001750038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-10355179946180554282019-03-12T18:51:49.937-07:002019-03-12T18:51:49.937-07:00If one day there is a revolution against Hun Sen, ...If one day there is a revolution against Hun Sen, it isn't hard to imagine that the Chinese community in the country may find itself in danger. In the mind of ordinary Cambodians, it is China that is propping up their regime.Ji Xianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406727999722525339noreply@blogger.com