Peculiarities of the Development of Relations between Cambodia and China during the Spread of COVID-19

Abstract

The emergence of the disease that became known as Covid-19 has had an extremely negative impact on the international community, the growth rates of the economies of almost all countries of the world have experienced a significant decline or negative growth, economic ties have been weakened or have been completely interrupted, medicine of both developed and "third world" countries has also been forced to function under unprecedented pressure. Pre-pandemic health systems have demonstrated their fragility in the face of global infection and society's vulnerability to repeated lockdowns. In addition, the virus has also exacerbated several traditional and new security challenges, such as experts claiming that years of progress in protecting the environment could be lost due to underinvestment in decarbonization initiatives and infrastructure renewal caused by economic problems. All this has contributed to the fact that the perception of China in many countries of the world has deteriorated sharply, since it was China that experienced the first out-break, but Cambodia has continued its policy of strengthening ties with Beijing despite the negative phenomena caused by the pandemic.