Khmer

The first place we went to was the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, which was the capital of the south asia, when the Khmer was the ruling race a thousand years ago.

It followed a typical pattern of decline, as most of the nations do. They used to rule with their strong army, but they turned out disarmed themselves and recruit the Thai and the Vietnamese to carry out the military actions. The whole kingdom did nothing but only awaited for the colonization from the Western countries. In her case, it was the French who recognized this piece of land and planted their feet.

It in a sense restored the kingdom because they now had some protections from the European country. But then, after the second world war, it was the France who were so weak and decided to quit Cambodia, saying that the Cambodia had the right to rule themselves.

The rest was history. The Khmer Rouge dictated the country, killing everyone they did not like. The people who were left was not more than the people who were eradicated.

I had the chances to go to the museum and the killing field where the Cambodians decided to keep the most painful and sorrowful part of their bright history. The audio guide in the killing field was narrated by a local Cambodian who spoke English. So he said:

"We were angry not because we had such as terrible era from the Khmer Rouge, but because we Cambodians killed Cambodians."

He answered the people who refused to make museums for our Cultural Revolution and 4-6-1989.