In recent weeks, Hun Sen’s government has promised judicial reform, to allow civil-society to function independently and ease restrictions on media outlets, all viewed by analysts as sops to Western demands. . ... Indeed, now as apparent acting president of the party, Sam Rainsy might be able to..…

While these people may generally accept the “autonomous individual” premises of Western traditions, they resist the implication that “racism” defines their own individuality in some essential way (even while they might be happy to assume others, from other group identities, are..…