You weren't kidding, the Chinese literally built casinos in Sihanoukville. Imagine Vegas on a small village. Oh wait, that's exactly what happened in Las Vegas (a city found by a railroad) in 1931 when Nevada legalized gambling and the Hoover dam was under construction next door. And then again in 1951 when the US government started literally detonating nukes so close you could watch the mushroom cloud!
I saw a Chinese guy pulling a woman out of a casino by her hair and punching her in the face in the middle of the street. Whole town was nuts and really depressing. Probably the worst place I've ever been in that area.
A building collapsed (due to poor construction)...
I went out to Koh Rong Island. It was supposed to be this beautiful place and it was a total dump with garbage everywhere. Sadly it seems I missed it by about 5 years.
None of this bodes well.
And you're right, history repeats itself. This definitely isn't just China.
