This photo from Cambodia's Fresh News shows Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh (rear center left) and Chinese Ambassador to Phnom Penh Wang Wentian (rear center right) presiding over the groundbreaking ceremony for a shipyard repairing and restoration workshop in the Ream Cambodian Naval Base of Sihanoukville on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. AP PHOTO
PHNOM PENH: Chinese and Cambodian officials on Wednesday broke ground on a contentious naval port expansion project, dismissing American concerns it could provide Beijing with a strategically important military outpost on the Gulf of Thailand.