.Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. In compliance to this UN resolutions, all Vietnamese invaders, illegal Vietnamese settlers and the Chinese robbers , their partners in crimes in Cambodia occupied by Vietnam must return home all together . > Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 06:00:15 -0700> Subject: The Mixed-Raced Cambodians: > An Evolution Of The Cambodian Nation> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> > > The inter-racial marriage between the Khmers & > the Chinese or the> Vietnamese is an evolution of the Cambodian nation. > This> evolution isn't new. It's believed to have started at least about 150> > years ago. A study by a Western scholar in the 1970s revealed that in> > South-East Asia, Cambodia has the highest rate of inter-racial> marriage > between the aboriginals (in this case the Khmers) & the> Chinese or the > Vietnamese.> > This evolution is good for Cambodia. The resulting > mixed-raced Khmer-> plus-Chinese-or-Vietnamese-or-all-3 Cambodians are> > intelligent, and, more importantly, very patriotic. They've been the> > majority of the Cambodian population for about 75 years now.> For proof, > just look at the music & movie stars before 1975 & after> 1979. Virtually > all of the mixed-raced Cambodians can speak only> Khmer (&, for some, French > &/or English), not Chinese or Vietnamese.> > Virtually all the pure Khmers > in Cambodia including the Khmer rice> farmers wholeheartedly accept the > mixed-raced Cambodians, & are even> proud of them. There are even > affectionate Khmer expressions that> refer to the mixed-raced Cambodians: > they're "koun chao chen" & "koun> katt".> > The mixed-raced Cambodians, the > Khmers, the Chinese, the Vietnamese, &> even the Chams live together in > harmony in Cambodia, even though to a> little lesser degree for the Chams > due to the difference of religions.> Oh do I miss my birthplace Kampong > Luong, 32 km north of Phnom Penh,> on the bank of the Tonle Sap River, all 5 > ethnic groups living there.> > The only people who're not happy with the > fact that there are non-> Khmer Cambodians, including even the mixed-raced > Cambodians,> living in Cambodia are the Khmers who were born abroard > including> Kampuchea Krom in Vietnam, or got to overseas when they were> > very young, live abroard, & have never lived for an enough time period> in > Cambodia. They don't know the social makeup & dynamics of the> Cambodian > society in Cambodia.> > These people should at least avoid confrontation > with the mixed-raced> Cambodians, who're the majority of Cambodians, in > Cambodia or abroad> except Kampuchea Krom. They should be smart enough to > realize that no> one can prohibit a Khmer from marrying a Chinese or a > Vietnamese. Or,> of course, a Cham!!> > In case you don't know, Hun Sen's > maternal grandfather was a Chinese.> Several years ago China even declared > that Hun Sen is ok for them> because his maternal grandfather was a > Chinese!!> > Even if your skin is dark, you can never be 100% sure that > you're 100%> Khmer. Eg, a story in Toronto. I know a Cambodian family> here. > The father is dark-skinned. So of course he thought he was a> 100% Khmer. > One day he learned that one of his great-grandfathers was> a Chinese. He was > so excited that he> called everyone in his extended family all around the > world to tell> them the "good" news!! He even did so when I visited him at > his> home (that's why I began to know!!). And he also told everyone of his> > friends & acquaintances in Toronto, including me, about his> "good" news!!> > > Soriya> > _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia.
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