The Pol Pot regime of Democratic Kampuchea was largely supported with the
Peoples Republic of China, with both regimes based on closely associated
Maoistideologies. The Vietnamese attack on Cambodia on December 25, 1978was
followed by massive amounts of troop deployments along the vast
China-Vietnamese border. On the dawn of February 17, 1979, the People's
Liberation Armymoved into Vietnamese territory, at which point the Cambodian
capital already had been captured by the Vietnamese and the Pol Pot regime
toppled (see below), reportedly accusing the Vietnamese government of
"revisionist" ideologies and the mistreatment of ethnic Chinese living in
Vietnam. The Chinese kept moving into the north of Vietnam, reportedly
advancing towards Hanoiat a high speed though not on good terms with their
supply lines. The Chinese army captured Cao Bangon March 2and Lang Sonon March
4. The following day, however, the Beijing regime announced that it would not
participate in further action moving more deeply into Vietnam, apparently
after meeting fierce and unexpected harsh resistance by the well trained and
experienced Vietnamese forces, supplied with American technology left behind
earlier. With the Chinese support lost after Vietnamese recapitulation,
Cambodia was left to the mercy of its destiny.
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