VERY interesting article. I really have to dig deeper into it. I will ask my Cambodian-descent friend what he thinks about the situation.
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VERY interesting article. I really have to dig deeper into it. I will ask my Cambodian-descent friend what he thinks about the situation.
If your Cambodian contact is living in the US (or anywhere outside of Cambodia) I think it is likely that they will say something similar to what I'm saying. Also, here another interesting article (hot off the press) related to the Cambodia situation and cryptocurrency. As expected, the writer is claiming that adopting a national cryptocurrency is intended to ENHANCE rebellion against the western donors (which have significantly helped keep the country primarily out of the state of active war until the country became strong enough to backstab the west and not side with China). But us smart people knew this was the situation all along. My personal opinion is that it has simply been LESS COSTLY to allow Cambodia to remain in a "hot civil war" state than it has been to PLACATE them and maintain stability in the larger region. Obviously we can now see the COST of that - that is, BILLIONS of dollars of Western taxpayer money down the drain. This is why I am siding with the Trump administration on this for now. They are making the kinds of policy decisions that SHOULD have been made in past decades, but were not - and we can now see the end result. Totally messed up...
Cambodia expected to follow Venezuela with plans for a national cryptocurrency https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/06/cambodia-expected-follow-venezuela-plans-national-cryptocurrency/