31 January 1978

Deng Yingchao’s (widow of China’s Premier Zhou Enlai) visit to Cambodia ends, where she met the wife of Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, leng Sary, & Khieu Samphan and toured Angkor Wat. Her role was to try to deescalate the Vietnam-Cambodia conflict.
https://t.co/pHZ2k1RfTC

China is embarrassed by the Khmer Rouge’s slaughter-house approach to politics. China would shed few tears if Pol Pot accidentally shoots himself in the back while cleaning his gun. Therefore, Vietnam kept quiet on the captured🇨🇳military advisors, writes AsiaWeek: https://t.co/xsyhubNl2u