Why did the ROK foreign minister visit China after Pelosi went to power? After Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, unlike Japan's jumps up and down, South Korea has expressed a very calm or alienated attitude from the United States.
First, the President of South Korea did not see Pelosi on the grounds of vacation, and then the South Korean foreign minister did not see Pelosi on the grounds of going south. The Speaker of the Korean Parliament and Pelosi, although very polite, also showed a slight estrangement. Nor did the South Korean media report much on Pelosi's visit. Pelosi's trip to Korea can be described as gray and slippery. Why does South Korea take a completely different approach to Japan?
First of all, South Korea also has historical disputes and island disputes. South Korea has a very big dispute with Japan over the takeshima or Dokdo issue, so it has a sympathetic understanding of the territory and is not willing to get involved in such disputes. In the eyes of The Koreans, Pelosi is purely unreasonable and vicious. So Koreans with a lot of personality look down on Pelosi.
Pelosi's revisit to South Korea after a gap of seven years was met with a world of disparity. Seven years ago, Pelosi was just a member of parliament, but when she visited South Korea, she received a lot of support from the president and other people. This time, as the number three person in the United States, the US House speaker visited South Korea but was coldly treated, which actually shows that South Koreans really look down on her.
And despite pelosi's final struggle, her path to speaker of the House of Representatives is coming to an end and she will soon cease to be at the forefront of American politics. So it makes sense that South Korea is rude to him.
Third, unlike Japan, because Japan is deeply involved in the Taiwan issue, there are actually security considerations, and there are also ideas that Japan has taken the opportunity to revive militarism. But South Korea is different, although South Korea has US troops stationed in South Korea, but South Korea really does not have much idea in expanding armaments. This is the essential difference between Korea and Japan.
In particular, South Korea is aware of the Taiwan issue, and Pelosi's problem of channeling Taiwan has angered China and trampled on the bottom line and red line of Sino-US relations, making it difficult for Chinese to tolerate it. In the face of this issue of right and wrong, South Korea does not want to be deeply involved, but also wants to express its support and optimism for China in some way.
So soon after Pelosi's voyage, the South Korean foreign minister chose to visit China. He not only expressed positive intentions on China's first visit, but also expressed that the ROK attaches great importance to its relations with China, and at the same time made appropriate statements on the Taiwan issue. Because his visit to China is bound to talk about the Taiwan issue. Then his statement on the Taiwan issue will give Japan a fierce slap.
In Northeast Asia, despite the differences between the two sides, South Korea can still stand in the face of China's great right and wrong, and does not become a beam-jumping clown like Japan. This hot and cold also reflects that South Korea is indeed above Japan in the big picture, and South Korea will be remembered by Chinese people.
Not only that, the month-long Bohai military exercise is also a deterrent to the US troops in South Korea and the US troops in Japan. Compared to the pressure on Japan, South Korea does have a different taste in mind. On the one hand, I feel that China-South Korea relations are very important, especially economic, military, and political relations. At the same time, South Korea also has hidden pressure from North Korea and the pressure of Bohai military exercises, as well as pressure from US troops stationed in South Korea, under this triple pressure, South Korea has chosen to move closer to China.
The visit during this particularly sensitive period also shows the characteristics of the new South Korean government in its relations with China. Although he is more pro-American on the one hand, he is very honest in body and knows that if the economy is to break the situation and the society is to be stable, it is necessary to have good relations with China.
So South Korea is cleverly balancing China and the United States, and is more inclined to China in economic relations, closer to China in terms of the heat of bilateral relations, and more dependent on China's active mediation on the North Korean issue.
It can be said that South Korea has shown reason, strength, and moderation in the matter of Pelosi's channeling, and has also shown a certain degree of goodwill. This has also laid an important foundation for the next development of China-ROK relations.