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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/y0urmum1s on 2023-10-05 21:53:10.

China was the main supporter of the Khmer Rouge, but one of the Khmer Rouge’s targets for genocide were specifically the CHINESE, so why would the Chinese support a country that specifically target Chinese people, und, subsequently, why did the Khmer Rouge genocide the Chinese when one of its main supporters was China?