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1975

The Khmer Rouge Caused the Deaths of Large Numbers of Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia

While the Pol Pot-led Khmer Rouge was in power in Cambodia, the local ethnic Chinese population plummeted from 430,000 to just over 210,000, and at the time its biggest backer was the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Location: Cambodia · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →