The British Media Financial Times continues to speculate that China aid the Cambodian Navy base.The Financial Times reported on July 24th by analyzing the latest satellite photos of the American business imaging company Blacksky that China aid Cambodia Yunyang Naval Base was nearing completion.The pier of the base is similar to the size and design of the PLA's Naval Base in size and design. It is 335 meters long and is enough to paroxys a type of combat ships including aircraft carriers.

Financial Times also rendered that once the PLA warships are stationed, the Yunang Base will have the greatest strategic value when conflicting in the South China Sea.ability.

The pier of the Chinese Djibouti Naval Base and the Pier Comparison of the New Base in Cambodia: Blacksky

Ram Naval Base (English) is located in Sihanouk, southwest of Cambodia, facing the Gulf of Thailand, near the South China Sea and the Malacca Strait.American business imaging company Blacksky has been using business satellites to monitor the construction of the Yunyang Naval Base in Cambodia. The image taken by the company shows that a base pier is almost completed, which is "amazingly similar to the dock used by the Djibouti Naval Base in size and design."" ".

The Think Tank Strategy and the International Research Center Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative Harrison Plem Tart said that the Yunang Wharf is similar to the Djibati Wharf, with 335 meters long and can moor a Chinese aircraft carrier.He said: "The similarities with the Djibu Terminal must be another sign of China may participate in construction. The dispute is how to use these facilities (the Chinese Navy)."

Financial Times has no reason to speculate on the same way that China's navy is "larger than the United States", but lacks a huge international base network and logistics facilities required to sail around the world.Entering the Bay of Thailand will also provide a strategic advantage for China.

For the choice of Yunyang Naval Base, one former US intelligence official said that establishing a base in another country may complicate any military response in the United States when conflicting: "How to deal with the base and why it is better than the base in the South China Sea or Hainan Island ... If the United States and China start war, the United States can directly bombard the Based on the PLA in the South China Sea. HoweverTerritory. "

Dennis Wilder, a senior expert in Chinese military issues, said, "If the tension of the South China Sea is upgraded to a military confrontation," the Yungang base will have "the biggest strategic value".Wilde added: "The Cambodian base will also expand and enhance the Chinese Navy's combat capabilities on the Malacca Strait Strategy Channel -the Malacca Strait is an important throat when conflicting with the United States and its regional allies (in the South China Sea)."

However, the Financial Times also acknowledged that the United States accused China of establishing an overseas base as a "thief called a thief." In the near future, the United States and the Philippines reached an agreement that will allow the US military to use four new bases in the Philippines.US Defense Secretary Austin will be the first US Minister of Defense, which visits Papua New Guinea this week.Earlier, the United States and Pakistan signed a security agreement to allow the Pentagon to use the country's military base.

Since January last year, the United States has continued to speculate on I built a naval base in Cambodia.In November last year, Bayiden, a US President Biden, who participated in the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit and the East Asian Cooperation Leadership Series in the Cambodian capital, expressed the United States to the Cambodian Yunyang Navy Base with a bilateral talks with the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen held a bilateral talks.The so -called concerns of "China exist".

In this regard, my Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly responded.In November last year, Mao Ning, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that China -Cambodia was a comprehensive strategic partner, and the cooperation in various fields of the two countries was open and transparent, reasonable and reasonable.The upgrade and reconstruction project of the Cambodian Yunyang Naval Base in China is normal. It is normal for Cambodia aid activities to strengthen the Cambodian Navy's ability to maintain marine territory, which is in line with the domestic law, related international law and international practice of the two countries without targeting any third parties.Cambodia has also clarified many times that China will not use this base, and hopes that foreign countries will correctly treat the normal cooperation between China and Cambodia.

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