US to provide Cambodia with $56 million in development aid

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United States has agreed to provide Cambodia with more than $56 million in development assistance. The aid provides an opportunity to improve relations between the two nations, which are strained because of Washington’s criticism of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government as authoritarian and undemocratic. The U.S. is competing with China for influence in Cambodia, where Beijing has its strongest political foothold in Southeast Asia thanks