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Two Chinese warships docked in Cambodia on Sunday as part of the biggest-ever joint military drills with the Southeast Asian nation, with Beijing’s ambassador hailing their “ironclad” friendship.
Cambodia has long been a staunch ally of China and has received billions of dollars in investment.
Cambodia
Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula
Bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.
The capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh.
In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name "Kambuja".
This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire.
The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism and then Buddhism to Southeast Asia and undertook religious infrastructural projects throughout the region.
In the fifteenth century, Cambodia experienced a decline of power, and in 1863, it became a protectorate of France.
After a period of Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Cambodia gained independence in 1953
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