At the end of 2021, a video posted on a short video platform with an ID named "Cambodian Little 6" attracted widespread attention.
In the video, she trumpets how superior life in Cambodia is, even threatening to follow in her footsteps and easily enter a house a month.
Is such a substantial income really present in Cambodia? Is Cambodia really, as she says, a paradise on earth?
I'm afraid it's not that simple!
Hell is empty, and the devil is on earth
Cambodia, the real name of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the word "kingdom" is enough to see that the country has a very strict hierarchy.
It's just that their rulers here are not just kings, but men.
Cambodia is an ancient civilization with a long history, establishing a unified kingdom as early as the 1st century AD, but it was not until 1993 that it officially entered a new period of peace and development.
It is worth mentioning that Cambodia was only officially separated from underdeveloped countries by the World Bank on July 1, 2016, thus becoming a lower-middle-income country.
It is not difficult to find that Cambodia's economy is very inferior to most countries, and in order to get rid of poverty, residents have to come up with some means of making a living.
Due to the environment, the people here are relatively lowly educated, and perhaps this is why it led to the later tragic situation.
In October 2021, the New York Times interviewed a Cambodian woman named Ji You.
Although the young girl is only 26 years old, her tragic life experience is definitely no less than 26 years.
When Ji You was born, her mother was a poor woman who was blind in both eyes, and her father's body was also sick for many years.
In her childhood memories, the days when a family of three could eat a full meal were few and far between.
In order to supplement the family, Ji You began to work at the age of 10, but unfortunately, he could only earn $30 every month when he got up early and went dark.
Seeing that this meager income was not enough for her parents' medical expenses, the sensible girl had to continue to look for other opportunities to make money.
Seduced by her friends, the 12-year-old walked into a brothel for the first time, adhering to the principle of "selling art and not selling herself" but stepping into the abyss of no return.
The landlady in the brothel saw that she looked a little bit like a posture, and asked with ill will.
"Are you doing it for the first time?"
Looking at Ji You's dazed and ignorant look, her heart instantly understood.
Immediately after, she took Ji You to the hospital to prescribe a virgin certificate and threatened to have this certificate before she could officially work.
Unexpectedly, after returning from the hospital, the landlady suddenly changed her face and involuntarily stuffed her into a guest.
No one paid any attention to how Ji You cried and shouted, and it turned out that this was really work.
What surprised her even more was that the black-hearted boss almost took away all the expenses given by the guests, and there was nothing else to do but manage her three meals a day.
Only occasionally some guests saw that Ji You was more pitiful, and would reluctantly give her some tips.
But this sensible girl never took it into her pocket, and every time she got the money, she rushed home to her parents.
Ji Youben thought she was the most pitiful person, until that day she saw a 5-year-old little sister...
Compared to other girls, this child seems to be more popular with guests and the owner charges the most.
Looking at the boss happily counting money, Ji You couldn't help but see the tragic situation of her little sister struggling, and then her stomach almost vomited.
In fact, the sex trade is a very common thing in Cambodia, and people can often see some female bosses standing on the side of the road soliciting business.
The women here have no education or the ability to survive on their own, and can only rely on this particular means to earn a living.
What is even more heinous is that "pedophilia" has become a pillar industry in Cambodia.
Many foreign tourists even travel thousands of miles to Cambodia to find "prey", and the smaller the "prey", the higher the price.
It is worth mentioning that there is a dilapidated village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, where the girls of the whole village are the youngest "prey" and live all day long than death.
Cambodia is like paradise for every "foreign client", but for the local girls, it is more painful than hell.
The "gambling" network is restored, and the "lose" is not leaked
With the passage of time, Cambodia's "pillar industry" has also grown, and the families of these miserable girls will naturally reap a lot of income.
Watching foreign tourists not only enjoy the company of beautiful and beautiful girls, but also freely enter and exit major casinos, local men can't help but be a little envious.
With the mentality of trying it out, men began to enter the casino with the money that their wives or daughters had sacrificed their lives, eager for salted fish to turn over.
Unfortunately, this is not the case, although a few people have become "rich", but more people have gambled on the family property.
There are even some gamblers who sell their wives and daughters to others to avoid debt collection, and continue to continue the sex trading industry.
Seeing that the country's economic situation was getting worse, the Cambodian government began to worry, so in 1995 it enacted a law called the Anti-Gambling Law, which strictly prohibited its nationals from gambling.
It has to be said that the minds of government personnel are still very clever, and instead of prohibiting outsiders from gambling, they have vigorously received them.
They are certainly not well-intentioned to provide a free entertainment place for these outsiders, but to collect some income from it.
According to incomplete statistics, Cambodia has collected up to $48 million in tax revenue from the gambling industry in 2017, becoming its second pillar industry.
In addition, there are some locals who use the gambling industry to launder money for some outsiders, and the money laundering fee is enough to feed the family.
One of the most noteworthy is a small city on Cambodia's southwest coast called Westport, which is as prosperous as China's Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
It is home to almost all of the country's rich, and the way they make their fortunes is precisely this disgraceful means.
With the prevalence of the Internet age, Cambodia began to be dissatisfied with the traditional casino business, and then developed online gambling.
What is even more bizarre is that some online gambling software in Cambodia can only recharge, not free cash withdrawal.
If you want to withdraw cash, you must pay a certain percentage of the handling fee, which naturally falls into the pocket of the Cambodian state.
Or when you win 50% of the principal, you can withdraw for free, but this setting also captures people's greed.
As long as you don't close it in time, the principal will be squandered sooner or later, and you can only end up empty-handed.
In fact, gamblers are already doomed to failure from the moment they sit at the table, but for a short time.
Take a bite of the drug and fall into the mouth of the tiger
"Gambling" and "poison" are naturally inseparable, and the rich who turn over through gambling salted fish always want to pursue something exciting, and drugs just satisfy their wishes.
What's more, Cambodia is born with superior conditions for drugs, whether it is geographical location or laws and regulations are very "advantageous".
This small country of only 180,000 square kilometers is close to the Golden Triangle, the world's largest drug producer, and also relies on the Strait of Malacca, the world-famous sea route.
Such a privileged location makes It easy for Cambodia to become a transit point for the drug trade.
Moreover, it has a tropical climate with a perennial temperature of between 29 and 30 degrees, which is the most suitable environment for the growth of drug poppies.
Of course, one of the biggest reasons for the prevalence of drugs in Cambodia is national policy, which the local government often ignores and turns a blind eye.
Coupled with the fact that Cambodia has never had the death penalty, even if people are arrested for drug trafficking or drug production, they will not worry about their lives.
At 7 p.m. on November 24, 2021, Cambodian border police cracked a major cross-border drug trafficking case and seized nearly 170 kilograms of drugs.
Unfortunately, this arrest actually allowed the suspect to escape.
On the night of the crime, the police were on patrol when they suddenly saw a boat not far away entering Cambodia from Laos, and the well-packaged package on board made them suspicious.
Immediately after that, the police began to chase after it, but they did not expect that the anti-investigation ability of this group of drug trafficking gangs was extremely strong, and they quickly sensed the danger.
By the time the police arrived, no figures had been found on board except for more than 140 bags of drugs.
The result of this case is to transport the drugs back to the police station, and the police do not care much about the whereabouts of the drug dealers.
It is also the negligence of this kind of laws and regulations that has allowed crime to run rampant in Cambodia, and to this day there is no clear provision on the punishment of drug trafficking.
Drug trafficking aside, drug use has also become a popular phenomenon among Cambodian teenagers.
Based on such a growing environment, teenagers inevitably can't help but be curious to try the "magical" thing of drugs.
By the time they realized the dangers of drugs, it was too late.
Coupled with the fact that teenagers have weak self-control, have not been properly educated by their parents and teachers, and do not live in a good social environment, yin and yang mistakes will bury their beautiful lives.
As the saying goes, young people are the future of the motherland, and they are also the hope for national rejuvenation and the driving force for the prosperity of the country.
If it goes on, Cambodia's future is in jeopardy.
Take multiple measures at the same time to create a better future
For Cambodia, which is prosperous on the outside, but poor in reality, "pornography, gambling and drugs" is undoubtedly the three most important pillar industries.
But if you want to develop in the long run, this is obviously not a long-term solution.
Looking back, one of the most important reasons for Cambodia's decline so far is the lack of economy, as long as the economic development goes, all problems will be solved.
Of course, the economy is not unable to play lawlessly, but must be vigorously developed under reasonable and legal conditions.
Just as Cambodia developed a drug business, they could take advantage of the country's favorable conditions such as other industries, such as tourism.
One of the most noteworthy is the "Angkor Wat Monument" in Siam Province, which is a symbol of the Cambodian nation and is also known as "one of the four wonders of the Orient".
In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee even listed the entire Angkor Wat monument as a World Heritage Site.
There are countless such buildings in Cambodia, which are undoubtedly an important driving force for economic development.
In order to promote the development of tourism, the Cambodian government began to vigorously promote the "open sky" policy in 2000, supporting and encouraging foreign airlines to open direct flights to developed cities such as Phnom Penh.
Seeing that the convenience of transportation has promoted the increasing flow of tourism, the Cambodian government has gradually increased its investment in this industry.
The weather, the location, the people, so that Cambodia's GDP in just a few years ushered in a new leap, tourism has become one of the country's four major economic pillars.
From the success of tourism, it is not difficult to see how important government initiatives are to the success or failure of a country.
But a momentary success does not mean that the mistakes made in the past can be erased, in order to prosper for a long time, the three cancers of "yellow gambling and poison" must be eradicated.
Tao Xingzhi once said: Education cannot create anything, but it can inspire children to be creative in order to engage in creative work.
This is the most important way out of Cambodia's current development.
Education has been a weak link in Cambodia since ancient times, and the prosperity and development of gray industries has made many teenagers step into the wrong path early.
Even if a small number of families uphold the concept of knowledge changing fate to send their children to school for education, it is difficult to ensure that their children can be truly "innocent" after graduation in such an environment.
Therefore, if we want to completely change the atmosphere of the whole society, the government should put education in the core development position and truly protect the right to education of young people from the legal level.
At the same time, the state should also vigorously strengthen the control and punishment of gambling and drugs, and strive to make people talk about discoloration.
epilogue
Judging by Cambodia's development, this once dilapidated small country has made some considerable progress both diplomatically and economically.
Especially in recent years, it is often possible to see some Chinese people on short videos or social platforms hyping up Cambodia's customs and customs.
The boom in front of the camera may make us a little excited in front of the mobile phone screen, but in any case, we must not forget that only China is the safest.
Just as there is no free lunch in the world, no one on the Internet will casually give up such a high-paying and beautiful life.
There is no harm without desire, this sentence is for the people who were addicted to "pornography, gambling, and poison" in the past, and to every compatriot who tried to pursue the dream of getting rich.
Far from the land of right and wrong, the people of the country should be self-reliant!