New Delhi, May 5 -- The world's largest navy, by numbers of ships, is expanding its reach. For the first time, the Chinese navy were seen docking at the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia, the newly expanded base which boasts a pier large enough for an aircraft carrier is serving as a strategic outpost near the South China Sea for Beijing. The US state department sounded the alarm about the base back in June of 2022, expressing concern over Cambodia allowing the People's Liberation Army Navy to operate from a base in the Gulf of Thailand, as it signifies further expansion of the Chinese military, hellbent on imposing its will in international waters.

Cambodia's Defence Minister Tea Seiha posted pictures on his Facebook of the PLA ship docking a...