"Invasion" or "Liberation"?: Contested Commemoration in Cambodia and within ASEAN. Issue 2 (November 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Invasion" or "Liberation"?: Contested Commemoration in Cambodia and within ASEAN. Issue 2 (November 2021)
- Main Title:
- "Invasion" or "Liberation"?: Contested Commemoration in Cambodia and within ASEAN
- Authors:
- Thun, Theara
- Abstract:
- Abstract: This article examines the meaning of Vietnam's removal of the Khmer Rouge in January 1979—an event that recently became a point of contention between the Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong. Since 1980, Vietnam's removal of the Khmer Rouge has been adopted as Liberation Day by the Cambodian ruling political party. The article discusses three topics: (1) the Vietnamese presence in Cambodia during the 1980s and the resulting civil war, (2) three major changes in the Liberation Day narratives, and (3) reflections on Hun Sen and Lee's recent debate. It demonstrates that Hun Sen and Lee's contention reflects on how the legacy of Vietnam's removal of the Khmer Rouge has continued to be very important and sensitive in Cambodia and within the ASEAN Community today. It also examines China's successful approach to strengthening its relationship with Cambodia after more than a decade of the political confrontation and hatred during the 1980s.
- Is Part Of:
- TRaNS. Volume 9:Issue 2(2021)
- Journal:
- TRaNS
- Issue:
- Volume 9:Issue 2(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 9, Issue 2 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0009-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 219
- Page End:
- 235
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11
- Subjects:
- Vietnam's Removal of the Khmer Rouge -- Cambodia's Liberation Day -- Cambodia's Relations with ASEAN and China -- Lee Hsien Loong's Remarks -- Hun Sen's Long Rule
Human geography -- Southeast Asia -- Periodicals
Anthropology -- Southeast Asia -- Periodicals
Southeast Asia -- Geography -- Periodicals
Southeast Asia -- Relations -- Periodicals
959 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=TRN ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/trn.2020.17 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2051-364X
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- Ingest File:
- 19706.xml