Malaysian expert: New China base in Laos not yet a threat
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"Malaysia should treat this as a bilateral agreement that is a sovereign matter between Laos and China first, not automatically interpret it as a threat."
มาเลเซียควรปฏิบัติกับเรื่องนี้ในฐานะข้อตกลงทวิภาคีที่เป็นอำนาจอธิปไตยระหว่างลาวและจีนก่อนเป็นลำดับแรก ไม่ใช่ตีความโดยอัตโนมัติว่ามันเป็นภัยคุกคาม
Key Entities
Organization
A country that established military support and training centers in Laos and Cambodia.
A regional organization that may be affected by the military competition between China and the United States.
A country with semi-permanent or temporary troop deployments in the region.
Place
A country hosting a new Chinese joint military support and training center.
A country whose analysts are evaluating the impact of China's military presence in Laos.
A country whose border in Nong Khai province is near the new Chinese base in Laos.
The capital of Laos, located about 50 kilometers south of the new Chinese military center.
A province in Thailand located approximately 50 kilometers from the new Chinese base.
A joint Chinese naval base in Cambodia opened last year.
A country hosting the Ream Naval Base.
Person
Taha Albana Turmuzi(ทาฮา อัลบานา ทูร์มูซี)
A researcher and political science scholar who analyzed the Chinese base in Laos.
Thomas Daniel(โธมัส ดาเนียล)
Director of Foreign Policy and Security Policy Studies of Malaysia.