Not available at the moment http://al4a.fun/ al4a com Since 2011, China has consolidated its position as thelargest trade partner with most Asian countries and its directinvestments in the region are surging, albeit from a much lowerbase than Europe, Japan and the United States. Smaller countriessuch as Laos and Cambodia have been drawn so strongly intoChina's economic orbit that they have been called "clientstates" of Beijing, supporting its stance in regional disputes.