PHNOM PENH -- About 15 km north of the center of Cambodian capital Phnom Penh a huge stadium is under construction in a sparsely-populated area punctuated with vacant lots. Attempts to photograph construction workers -- who look like they could be Chinese -- are shut down by a security guard, who says it is the prime minister's project and warns of potential arrest.
The flag of a Chinese government-owned company flutters on a ferryboat in Laos near the construction site of a high-speed railway project.
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