Editing Khmer Rouge (section)

===== 1975–1992 =====
In April 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia, and in January 1976, Democratic Kampuchea was established. During the [[Cambodian genocide]], the CCP was the main international patron of the Khmer Rouge, supplying "more than 15,000 military advisers" and most of its external aid.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roett|first1=Riordan|last2=Ruz|first2=Guadalupe|title=China's Expansion into the Western Hemisphere: Implications for Latin America and the United States|publisher=Brookings Institution Press|year=2008|isbn=9780815775546|page=193}}</ref> It is estimated that at least 90% of the foreign aid to Khmer Rouge came from China, with 1975 alone seeing [[US$]]1 billion in interest-free economic and military aid and US$20&nbsp;million gift, which was "the biggest aid ever given to any one country by China".<ref name="NYT 2015-03-30" /><ref name="Kiernan 2008" /><ref name="Southgate 2019" /> In June 1975, Pol Pot and other officials of Khmer Rouge met with Mao Zedong in [[Beijing]], receiving Mao's approval and advice; in addition, Mao also taught Pot his "Theory of Continuing Revolution under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat" ({{lang|zh|无产阶级专政下继续革命理论}}).<ref name="Chandler 2018" /><ref name="RFA 2019-11-26" /><ref name="ifeng shidian" /><ref name="yhcqw" /> High-ranking CCP officials such as Zhang Chunqiao later visited Cambodia to offer help.<ref name="Chandler 2018" /><ref name="Wilson Center 2018" /><ref name="RFA 2019-11-26" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ywang.uchicago.edu/history/docs/2016_12_30.pdf|script-title=zh:2016:张春桥幽灵|last=Wang|first=Youqin|publisher=The University of Chicago|language=zh|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625142035/http://ywang.uchicago.edu/history/docs/2016_12_30.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Democratic Kampuchea was overthrown by the [[People's Army of Vietnam|Vietnamese army]] in January 1979, and the Khmer Rouge fled to [[Thailand]]. However, to counter the power of the Soviet Union and Vietnam, a group of countries including China, the United States, Thailand as well as some Western countries supported the Khmer Rouge-dominated [[Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea]] to continue holding Cambodia's seat in the United Nations, which was held until 1993, after the [[Cold War]] had ended.<ref name="Tufts.edu" /> In 2009, China defended its past ties with previous Cambodian governments, including that of Democratic Kampuchea or Khmer Rouge, which at the time had a legal seat at the United Nations and foreign relations with more than 70 countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE51G33W20090217|publisher=Reuters|first=Ben|last=Blanchard|title=China defends its Khmer Rouge ties as trial opens|date=17 February 2009|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407222155/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE51G33W20090217|url-status=live}}</ref>