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In the mid-1980s, Cambodia was ruled by a client regime of Vietnam, headed by Hun Sen, who succeeded the Vietnamese' initial client Heng Samrin. Meanwhile, China and Thailand supported the anti-regime factions of Republicans, Monarchists and Khmer Rouge.

In 2016, Hun Sen rules Cambodia, but seems to be mainly a Chinese client. There's no apparent armed opposition.

How did Hun Sen switch patrons and when? And why was the process so quiet?

I've never heard or head anything about Vietnam struggling to keep Chinese influence out of Cambodia since the 1980s. Did the Vietnamese after 1990 just give up without a fight? Why?
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