Hun Sen offers Wuhan visit, while Pakistan resumes China flights

Beijing's clout generates measured responses to the virus crisis with some allies

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Jan. 30 that Phnom Penh's decision not to evacuate students from Wuhan is a form of "soft diplomacy." © AP

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- Even as many countries curb travel to and from China amid the coronavirus outbreak, two countries with close ties to Beijing -- Cambodia and Pakistan -- are signaling support by keeping their doors open.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that he will visit Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, if China agrees, local media quoted him as saying.

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