by Lucky Lucan » Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:36 pm
kinard wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:19 pm
YaTingPom wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:16 am
...I asked about the Vietnamese having to come over and do it and she said they wanted to keep Cambodia and didn’t do it to “save it” for the Cambodians...
This has always intrigued me, the supposed contempt Khmers have for their Vietnamese neighbours, given the fact they were liberated by them.
Coincidentally an article
Is Anti Vietnamese Sentiment On The Decline In Cambodia from SEA Globe.
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The animosity goes back centuries. The Vietnamese occupation in the 1840s was remembered as a particularly low point in Khmer history. In the late 1940s and early 50s there were many massacres by both Khmers and Viets in the border areas.
The ARVN occupation of southern border areas in the early 70s was also a sore point. Even though nominally allied with Lon Nol, he had massacred Viet civilians so they took revenge on local Khmers.
It's not lost on many Cambodians that the PAVN / NLF use of Cambodian territory brought war to the country, and it is unlikely Pol Pot would ever have come to power without Vietnamese help.
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[quote=YaTingPom post_id=1024005 time=1609985807 user_id=38577]
...I asked about the Vietnamese having to come over and do it and she said they wanted to keep Cambodia and didn’t do it to “save it” for the Cambodians...[/quote]
This has always intrigued me, the supposed contempt Khmers have for their Vietnamese neighbours, given the fact they were liberated by them.
Coincidentally an article [url=https://southeastasiaglobe.com/cambodia-vietnam-relations/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sightlines_Vol81_20210108&utm_content=IsAntiVietnameseSentimentOnTheDeclineInCambodia]Is Anti Vietnamese Sentiment On The Decline In Cambodia[/url] from SEA Globe.
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The animosity goes back centuries. The Vietnamese occupation in the 1840s was remembered as a particularly low point in Khmer history. In the late 1940s and early 50s there were many massacres by both Khmers and Viets in the border areas.
The ARVN occupation of southern border areas in the early 70s was also a sore point. Even though nominally allied with Lon Nol, he had massacred Viet civilians so they took revenge on local Khmers.
It's not lost on many Cambodians that the PAVN / NLF use of Cambodian territory brought war to the country, and it is unlikely Pol Pot would ever have come to power without Vietnamese help.