Pol Pot. Thailand. and the United States. Vietnam responds to protect its security by taking measures which compound human tragedy. force refugees to leave. and exacerbate the food problem. China responds with more pressure to back Vietnam into a corner which reduces Vietnams incentives to be flexible on humanitarian relief measures. Thus. the starvation crisis. the refugee crisis. and the boat people crisis are being generated by this exploding chain reaction of geopolitical realinements. And it is the Cambodian people who suffer as a result. For China views Cambodias future as an instrument of its antiSoviet and antiVietnam policy while Vietnam views Cambodias fate as an instrument of its antiChinese fears and insecurities.
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