Cambodia Culture - Chinese Culture

So while reading the book, and after reading Victoria's posts, I have really noticed the similarities between Chinese culture and Cambodia culture. Now I knew going into reading this book, that India and China had heavily influenced Cambodia culture, but I really did not know how heavy. After reading this book, I really can now see that Chinese and Cambodia culture is almost parallel. If anything, there are a few differences. I guess that this influence is just like Chinese food on America, only on a much larger scale.

Did you know anything about how close these two cultures are before reading the book? Or were you very surprised like I was?