On June 8, Cambodia broke ground on an expansion of Ream Naval Base, located on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, an inlet in the south-western part of the South China Sea.
Two days earlier, The Washington Post had reported that China was establishing a military presence at the naval base, citing United States officials. Part of the new facilities, bankrolled by Beijing, would be used exclusively by its military, said the report. In 2019, The Wall Street Journal said China had inked a secret deal that would allow it to dock its warships at the base.
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