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The incumbent resident general in Cambodia complains …
Years: 1888 - 1899
The incumbent resident general in Cambodia complains to Paris in 1897 that Norodom is no longer capable of ruling and receives permission to assume the king's authority to issue decrees, collect taxes, and appoint royal officials.
Norodom and his successors are left with hollow, figurehead roles as head of state and as patron of the Buddhist religion.
The colonial bureaucracy expands rapidly.
French nationals naturally hold the highest positions, but even on the lower rungs of the bureaucracy Cambodians find few opportunities because the colonial government prefers to hire Vietnamese.
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- Khmer people
- Vietnamese people
- Cambodia, Kingdom of
- Siam, (Rattanakosin) Kingdom of
- Dai Nam, Empire of
- France, Second Empire of
- French Cochinchina
- Annam (French protectorate)
- Tonkin (Tongking), French Protectorate of
- Annam, (French) Protectorate of
- French Indochina
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Years: 1888 - 1899
Locations
People
Groups
- Khmer people
- Vietnamese people
- Cambodia, Kingdom of
- Siam, (Rattanakosin) Kingdom of
- Dai Nam, Empire of
- France, Second Empire of
- French Cochinchina
- Annam (French protectorate)
- Tonkin (Tongking), French Protectorate of
- Annam, (French) Protectorate of
- French Indochina
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions