Editing Norodom Sihanouk (section)

===Resistance movement===
[[File:Ranariddh Sihanouk.jpg|thumb|Sihanouk ''(right)'' with his son, Prince [[Norodom Ranariddh]], on an ANS inspection tour during the 1980s]]
After the Khmer Rouge regime was overthrown, a new Cambodian government supported by Vietnam, the [[People's Republic of Kampuchea]] (PRK), was established. The Chinese [[Paramount leader|leader]], [[Deng Xiaoping]], was unhappy{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=207}} with Vietnam's influence over the PRK government. Deng proposed to Sihanouk that he co-operate with the Khmer Rouge to overthrow the PRK government, but Sihanouk refused,{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|pp=197–198}} as he opposed the genocidal policies pursued by the Khmer Rouge while they were in power.{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=207}} In March 1981, Sihanouk established the [[National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia|National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia]] (FUNCINPEC) which was complemented by a small resistance army known as {{ill|Armée Nationale Sihanoukiste|ru|Национальная армия сианукистов}} (ANS).{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=235}}

He appointed [[In Tam]], who had briefly served as Prime Minister in the [[Khmer Republic]], as the commander-in-chief of ANS.{{sfnp|Mehta|2001|p=68}} The ANS needed military aid from China, and Deng seized the opportunity to sway Sihanouk into collaborating with the Khmer Rouge.{{sfnp|Osborne|1994|p=251}} Sihanouk reluctantly agreed, and started talks in March 1981 with the Khmer Rouge and the [[Son Sann]]-led [[Khmer People's National Liberation Front]] (KPNLF) on a unified anti-PRK resistance movement.{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=236}}