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In 2014, Kim Yinan, a professor at the National Defense University, spoke in a public lecture about a controversial case, the "case of Li Bin, former Chinese Foreign Ministry ambassador to South Korea." Kim Il-nam said that when Lee Bin was ambassador to South Korea, he was infiltrated by South Korean intelligence agencies and became a spy for South Korea, and continued to provide intelligence to South Korea after returning home. Jin Yinan finally said suspiciously: "He can only be sentenced to 7 years on economic grounds, because it is too difficult to talk about, in the world, which country's ambassador is a spy for another country?" ”
1. Suyan Reef: China's territorial dispute
To understand the importance of Li Bin's case, we first need to understand the situation in China's Suyan Reef. Located in the East China Sea, Suyan Reef is special in that it is difficult to detect at low tide, and its shallowest point is about 4.6 meters above sea level. However, South Korea claims the reef as its territory, which contradicts the historical fact that Suyan Reef has been Chinese territory since ancient times. Geographically, Suyan Reef is part of the continental shelf off the coast of Jiangsu, about 247 kilometers from the easternmost point of the Zhoushan Islands. Its name "Suyan Reef" means "reef off the coast of Jiangsu", highlighting its inalienable belonging to Chinese territory.
According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas": "Beyond the East China Sea, in the great wilderness, there is a mountain named Tiansu Mountain. This account explicitly mentions the existence of Mount Su, or Su Rock. Considering that Suyan Reef is geographically consistent with records, Chinese geologists have long confirmed that it is part of Chinese territory.
In 1949, after the end of the Kuomintang-Communist Civil War, the naval forces of the remnants of the Kuomintang patrolled the waters of Suyan Reef, a period shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Since the early 1950s, China has been sending survey teams to survey Suyan Reef. In 1963, China released a map of the ocean, clearly marking the location and name of Suyan Reef. On May 15, 1992, the China North Sea Fleet Sea Survey Group completed a reconnaissance survey of the Suyan Reef area.
However, after the restoration of South Korea after the war, it began to take aggressive actions, and even established the so-called "Syngman Rhee Line" in the waters around Suyan Reef, which included China's Suyan Reef and Japan's Takeshima into South Korean territorial waters. However, no country in the world has recognized this act. In 1970, South Korea officially illegally occupied Suyan Reef through the Underwater Resources Development Act and designated it as the "fourth underwater development zone". In 1987, South Korea even tried to establish a nautical buoy on Suyan Reef, further exacerbating tensions. On January 26 , 2001 , South Korea illegally renamed Suyan Reef as " Leaving Island " . Although China and South Korea have not acknowledged South Korea's behavior since the establishment of diplomatic relations, this contradiction has not emerged, and China still hopes to resolve the dispute through negotiations.
In 1996, China and South Korea began holding meetings on maritime delimitation and have held similar meetings almost every year since then. However, due to Li Bin's betrayal, China's interests have been seriously damaged.
2. Li Bin's betrayal: leaking secrets
According to information, in 1997, Li Bin became a member of the negotiating group for the demarcation of the Sino-ROK maritime border. Before joining the negotiating team, Lee Bin was allegedly infiltrated by South Korean intelligence and became a South Korean spy. At the time, China wanted to keep a low profile over Suyan Reef because of its relative weakness and pressure from Western countries. Therefore, China decided to put the controversial issue aside and seek a solution to jointly develop.
However, Li Bin then leaked China's bottom line to South Korea, which was seen as a serious leak. Before the two countries formally negotiated, one side had grasped the other's bottom line, making it impossible to continue negotiations. South Korea believes that after learning that China does not have enough strength to maintain the sovereignty of Suyan Reef, it is resolutely unwilling to compromise, and even insists that Suyan Reef is South Korean territory. Li Bin's betrayal put China in an extremely passive position in the negotiations.
The reason why South Korea dared to rename Suyan Reef in 2001 was closely related to Lee Bin 's behavior. Without Li Bin leaking secrets to South Korea, South Korea would not have been able to gradually invade Chinese territory. According to the data, South Korea now
It has regarded Suyan Reef as its own territory, and has sent eight Koreans to settle there, sending personnel to patrol the surroundings of Suyan Reef every two or three months. South Korea not only unilaterally claims sovereignty over Suyan Reef, but also conducts resource exploration in the area and sends South Korean troops to patrol around Suyan Reef.
China and South Korea have signed an agreement that is scheduled to enter into force in June 2001. According to the agreement, there is a five-year transition period after the signing, during which China can enter into further negotiations with South Korea, but due to Li Bin's leaks, China has been in a passive position in the negotiations. In 2006, South Korea illegally occupied Suyan Reef, and since then, China and South Korea have frequently clashed over the Suyan Reef issue.
Another leak is worth mentioning: Mr. Li studied at North Korea's Kim Il-sung University and served as minister to North Korea from 1997 to 2001. It is said that Li Bin and Kim Jong-il have a very close personal relationship, and the two often get together and talk freely, and once, Kim Jong-il personally went to the Chinese Embassy to drink with Li Bin, Kim Jong-il tasted red wine, while Li Bin drank white wine, and the two actually drank for more than 5 hours before it ended. Subsequently, Li Bin leaked to the South Korean media about Kim Jong-il's visit to China, which is also a leak. The itinerary of a head of state ahead of his trip is itself highly classified, and Mr. Lee's actions have apparently placed himself in South Korea's spy status.
3. Serious consequences and reflection
As a result of Li Bin's leaks, China suffered huge losses. Li Bin became the highest-ranking traitor in the diplomatic system, as Jin Yinan said: "Where is the ambassador of a foreign country who has become a spy for another country?" "Li Bin has served in South Korea for more than 10 years, providing South Korea and the United States with a large number of diplomatic secrets, and his betrayal has seriously damaged China's diplomatic strategy on the Korean Peninsula.
Li Bin's leaks also led to the signing of the China-Korea Fisheries Agreement, effectively sacrificing China's national interests. The agreement has caused serious losses to China's economic interests in the Yellow Sea region of the high seas between China and South Korea, and mainland fishermen have not been able to fish in the area.
Overall, the Li Bin case not only reveals major security risks in the diplomatic field, but also exposes the challenges China faces in safeguarding its national territory and rights and interests. This incident calls for a profound rethinking of diplomatic security and intelligence precautions to ensure that national interests are not compromised and harmed by unauthorized disclosure. At the same time, we must also recognize the importance of foreign policy to protect the sovereignty and dignity of nations. In future diplomatic efforts, we must be more vigilant and firm in order to safeguard the core interests and territorial integrity of the country.
To sum up, the Li Bin case is a major event in China's diplomatic history, and its scope is far-reaching, which has a serious impact on China's foreign policy and national interests. We must learn from this and strengthen our national security awareness to ensure that China can defend its rights and interests more firmly in international affairs.
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