The US$150 million stadium represented China's largest grant to Cambodia for an infrastructure project. - AFP
PHNOM PENH (AFP): China handed over to Cambodia a US$150mil stadium in Phnom Penh, with officials saying Sunday (Sept 12) it is the result of Beijing's biggest ever infrastructure grant to the country.
The 60,000-capacity venue is the latest project under China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative, a plan to fund infrastructure projects and increase its sway overseas.
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