China Wants No Part of the Historic Proceedings, Defends Its Ties with Democratic Kampuchea

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Jiang Yu, was quoted as saying that "for a long time China had normal and friendly relations with previous Cambodian governments, including that of Democratic Kampuchea [...] The government of Democratic Kampuchea had a legal seat at the United Nations and had established broad foreign relations with more than 70 countries [...] The trial of former Democratic Kampuchea leaders is an internal political matter for Cambodia."