How did communist leader Pol Pot of Cambodia emulate Mao Zedong of China? a. Pol Pot modeled Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward which resulted in peril for the Cambodian people as a country-wide famine swept Cambodia. Pol Pot also embraced Zedong's radical ideas, arresting the educated and torturing or executing tens of thousands.

b. Pol Pot went on a campaign against Confucianism and forced all of Cambodia to subscribe to the philosophy of Buddhism.

c. Pol Pot allied Cambodia with the Soviet Union, seeking the approval of Mao Zedong, and a Trifecta Communist alliance.