Khmer RougeKhmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom Sihanouk to describe his country's heterogeneous, communist-led dissidents, with whom he allied after the 1970 Cambodian coup d'état.
Chinese Communist PartyGoverning party of the People's Republic of ChinaAbbreviationChinese中共Hanyu PinyinZhōnggòngTibetan nameTibetanཀྲུང་གོ་གུང་ཁྲན་ཏངZhuang nameZhuangCunghgoz GungcanjdangjMongolian nameMongolian CyrillicДундад улсын (Хятадын) Эв хамт (Kоммунист) НамMongolian scriptᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ(ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ)ᠡᠪ ᠬᠠᠮᠲᠤ(ᠺᠣᠮᠮᠤᠶᠢᠨᠢᠰᠲ)ᠨᠠᠮUyghur nameUyghurجۇڭگو كوممۇنىستىك پارتىيىسى The Communist Party of China (CPC), commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and sole governing party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Fall of Phnom PenhBelligerentsGRUNKKhmer RumdoFUNKKhmer IssarakKhmer RougeMONATIOSupported by:ChinaNorth VietnamKhmer RepublicSupported by:United StatesCommanders and leadersPol PotTa MokDuchYun YatKe PaukIeng ThirithSon SenNuon CheaIeng SaryKhieu Samphan Hem Keth DaraNorodom SihanoukPenn NouthLon Nol#Sak SutsakhanSirik MatakLong BoretLon NonVong Sarendy†Dien Del Mey Si ChanÊñuôlKosem#Units involved Special Forces (Central - Highway 4 Front) Eastern Military District (Area 203) Western Army (Area 401) Southwestern Army Group (Area 405) Northern Army (Area 304)FANK(1st Infantry Division)(2nd Infantry Division)(3rd Infantry Division)(7th Infantry Division)(7th Infantry Division)(1st Airborne Brigade)Pochentong Airport Defense ForceStrength 40,000~20,000Casualties and losses Unknown UnknownThe Fall of Phnom Penh was the capture of Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively ending the Cambodian Civil War.Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist PartyAbbreviation(s)Simplified Chinese中央政治局常委会Traditional Chinese中央政治局常委會Literal meaningCentral Politburo Standing-CommitteeThe Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), officially the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a committee consisting of the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the state, as some of its members concurrently hold the most senior positions within the state council.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of KampucheaThe General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer: អគ្គលេខាធិការគណៈកម្មាធិការមជ្ឈិមបក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា) was the highest office in the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK). The General Secretary was elected at plenary sessions of the party's Central Committee, and chaired the Secretariat and Politburo.
Mao ZedongLeader of China from 1949 to 1976Courtesy nameSimplified Chinese润之Traditional Chinese潤之Central institution membership 1964–1976: Member, National People's Congress 1954–1959: Member, National People's Congress 1938–1976: Member, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Politburo 1938–1976: Member, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Central Committee Other offices held 1954–1959: Chairman of the People's Republic of China 1954–1976: Chairman, CCP Central Military Commission 1954–1959: President and Chairman, National Defence Council 1954–1976: Honorary Chairman, CPPCC National Committee 1949–1954: Chairman, Central People's Revolutionary Military Commission 1949–1954: Chairman, CPPCC National Committee 1949–1954: Chairman, PRC Central People's Government 1943–1956: Chairman, CCP Central Secretariat 1936–1949: Chairman, CCP Central Military Commission Paramount Leader ofthe People's Republic of China(Inaugural holder)Hua Guofeng→PersonalEarly lifeFormer ResidenceDeath and state funeralMemorial HallIdeologyMaoismThird WorldismMarxism–Leninism–MaoismGonzalo ThoughtPrachanda PathLeader of China1945 election as CCP leaderTenureRevolutionLand Reform MovementProclamationKorean WarCampaign to Suppress CounterrevolutionariesThree-anti and Five-anti CampaignsFirst five-year planFive Principles of Peaceful CoexistenceBandung ConferenceSufan movementHundred Flowers CampaignAnti-Rightist CampaignCanton FairGreat Leap ForwardGreat Chinese FamineTwo Bombs, One SatelliteSeven Thousand Cadres ConferenceSocialist Education MovementThird FrontCultural RevolutionAbolition of the presidencyUN representationRichard Nixon visitWorksBombard the HeadquartersA Critique of Soviet EconomicsOn ContradictionOn Guerrilla WarfareOn New DemocracyOn PracticeOn Protracted WarOn the Correct Handling ofContradictions Among the PeopleOn the People's Democratic DictatorshipOn the Ten Major RelationshipsOppose Book WorshipQuotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tungReply to Li ShuyiHunan ReportSelected Works of Mao Tse-TungThe Shian Kian Weekly ReviewPoetryChangshaThe Double NinthLoushan PassLegacyCult of personalityChairman Mao en route to AnyuanPortraits overlooking Tiananmen1989 vandalism incidentStatues YoungFuzhouChengduLong Live the VictoryNorth Park Commune inspectiontMao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist, and dictator who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) and served as its paramount leader from 1949 until his death in 1976 primarily through his role as the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Cultural RevolutionPeriod of sociopolitical turmoil in China (1966–1976)Formal nameSimplified Chinese无产阶级文化大革命Traditional Chinese無產階級文化大革命Literal meaning"Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution"The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
MaoismVariety of Marxism–Leninism in ChinaChinese propaganda portraying Mao Zedong, 1968Maoism, officially Mao Zedong Thought, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China and later the People's Republic of China.
Demographics of CambodiaDemographic features of the population of Cambodia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population size and structurePopulation developmentBetween 1874 and 1921, the total population of Cambodia increased from about 946,000 to 2.4 million. By 1950, it had increased to between 3,710,107 and 4,073,967, and in 1962 it had reached 5.7 million.
Socialist stateSovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism A socialist state, socialist republic, or socialist country is a sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism. This article is about states that refer to themselves as socialist states, and not specifically about communist states that refer to themselves as socialist states.Zhang ChunqiaoZhang Chunqiao (Chinese: 张春桥; 1 February 1917 – 21 April 2005; also spelled as Chang Chun-chiao) was a Chinese political theorist, writer, and politician. He came to the national spotlight during the late stages of the Cultural Revolution, and was a member of the ultra-Maoist group dubbed the "Gang of Four".
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