International relationsXi Jinping visits Phnom Penh on anniversary of U.S. humiliation
Americans, who fled Cambodia in 1975, are again losing it to China
Prince Sirik Matak, left, Cambodia's acting prime minister, sits in the Oval Office with President Richard Nixon in 1971. The prince was brutally murdered by the Khmer Rouge in 1975 after rebuking the U.S. for its perfidy in abandoning Cambodia. © Library of Congress
BANGKOK -- As President Donald Trump chases off allies and trading partners with threats of "reciprocal" tariffs, President Xi Jinping's sweep through Southeast Asia is occurring just as the last humiliating and chaotic U.S. loss to communism in the region is being memorialized.