Cheng Heng
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Cheng Heng was Head of State of Cambodia from 1970 to 1972, and was a relatively prominent political figure during the Khmer Republic period.
President Cheng Heng (far right) with US Vice President Spiro Agnew during his visit to Cambodia, September 1970.
Chinese Cambodians
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Chinese Cambodians are Cambodian citizens of Chinese ancestry or Chinese of full or partial Khmer ancestry. The Khmer term Khmer Kat Chen is used for people of mixed Chinese and Khmer descent; Chen Kh
Cheng Heng
…Cambodia from 1970 to 1972, and was a relatively prominent political figure during the Khmer Republic period (1970–1975). Heng was born into an ethnic Chinese family in Takéo. He went on to become a prosperous businessman and landowner. He served in the civil service of colonial Cambodia, eventually reaching…
Sino-Khmers at a wedding celebration in Kampong Thom
Phnom-Penh continues to be Cambodia's major financial district and business networking hub for Cambodian businessmen of Chinese ancestry. The city is now pullulated with thousands of prospering Chinese-owned businesses with most of the city's retail enterprises that have come under Chinese hands.
Hun Sen, who is of Chinese ancestry himself, has instituted a pragmatic, capitalist-oriented vision of rebuilding Cambodia with an impetus for attracting an influx of foreign capital investment, particularly from mainland China.