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Cambodia's leader Hun Manet said Saturday there was "nothing to hide" as he inaugurated a naval base renovated in recent years by China, after Washington had voiced concern over Beijing's role in the upgrades.

When a US warship docked in Cambodia this week, it moored just a few kilometres from a base where China has built an extended new pier and two of Beijing's own vessels have been berthed for about a year.

Chinese and Cambodian officials have broken 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

Cambodia and China on Wednesday broke ground on a Beijing-funded project to revamp a naval base – about 200km by sea from Trat province – that the US fears is intended for Chinese military use.

Cambodian and Chinese officials will break ground this week on the expansion of a port facility that the U.S. and others worry will be used by Beijing as a naval outpost on the Gulf of Thailand, but the government has denied that any Chinese military presence will be allowed

Reports of presence at Ream base on Gulf of Thailand would significantly expand its presence in Indo-Pacific

WASHINGTON: Dredgers have been spotted off the Ream naval base in Cambodia, where China is funding construction work and deeper port facilities would be necessary for the docking of larger military ships, an American think tank says.

Dredgers have been spotted off Cambodia’s Ream naval base, where China is funding construction work and deeper port facilities would be necessary for the docking of larger military ships, a U.S. think tank said on Friday.