Author: An Qing (Research Fellow, Ward Institute)
As China's traditional Spring Festival holiday is approaching, two authoritative media in South Korea have wantonly fabricated that I stole South Korea's super technical secrets through commercial espionage, causing South Korea to suffer huge losses, so as to advocate suppressing me and affecting my holiday atmosphere.
1. South Korea's authoritative media have successively created momentum, and the content is similar
On January 31, JoongAng Ilbo, a traditional South Korean media with a certain reputation in South Korea and abroad, published a negative report on China in a conspicuous position, titled "Why is 'Commercial Espionage' Who Leaked Secrets to China Popular?" and at the same time, the report was accompanied by a large Chinese flag design, and the content was extremely inflammatory, demagogic, and confusing.
The main content of the report is full of slander, speculation and slander against China. For example, the report ignores the tremendous progress made by Chinese companies in batteries, displays, and other areas, as well as their global lead, and begins by saying that South Korean companies have "super gap technology" in these areas but have been "stolen to China".
Another authoritative South Korean media "Dong-A Ilbo" also recently published an article "The Soaring Gap Technology Theft...... If you don't build a "legal wall", you can't stop it", and the content vigorously exaggerates the trillions of won losses caused by South Korea's continued core technology leakage, and points the finger at China, falsely accusing China of causing South Korea to lose its super-gap competitiveness and technological dominance through commercial espionage.
Second, the Korean media smeared China on the eve of the Spring Festival, with three sinister intentions
The first is to affect the festive atmosphere of the people. The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China, and it is also one of the important festivals in South Korea and Japan.
The second is to slander the image of China's high-tech enterprises. After years of development, China's high-tech enterprises have made rapid progress, and Huawei, ByteDance, Tencent and other companies have become one of the world's leading enterprises. It can be said that in the face of China's powerful enterprises, it is difficult for Korean companies to have any technological advantages. The South Korean media turned a blind eye to this and tried their best to hype up the "commercial espionage" of Chinese companies, which is nothing more than looking for scapegoats for South Korean companies to lose their former glory and go downhill.
The third is to cooperate with the United States in advocating de-risking China. The United States has not only suppressed Chinese companies through legislation and sanctions, but also advocated so-called de-risking and rallying allies to decouple and break the chain with China. The South Korean media's hype of the so-called Chinese commercial espionage at this time is actually cooperating with the United States' move, on the one hand, paving the way for the South Korean government to introduce strict measures to pave the way for public opinion, and on the other hand, it is flattering the United States and inviting the United States, hoping that the United States can take the opportunity to support South Korean enterprises.