Official announcement! He will be invited to Fang Hua
On May 10, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, invited South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Doi-yeol to visit China from May 13 to 14.
According to relevant reports, Yonhap News Agency revealed that the South Korean foreign minister's visit to China will not only exchange views on the development direction of bilateral relations, supply chain cooperation, North Korean nuclear and North Korean issues, but also communicate and coordinate on the specific agenda and topics of the trilateral summit between China, Japan and South Korea.
Although South Korea, under the influence of the United States and Japan, has often voiced the "China threat theory," after all, South Korea is a neighbor that China cannot move away, and at the same time, China and South Korea also have various kinds of cooperation, and in addition the South Korean government is a standpoint, the South Korean people have a clear view of the relations between China, the United States, and South Korea.
Some time ago, a survey showed that the majority of South Koreans felt that the South Korean government should not follow the "China threat theory" of the United States and should not damage relations with China because of the United States.
In fact, China and South Korea have established diplomatic relations for more than 30 years, and the trade ties between China and South Korea are highly integrated, and maintaining cooperation between the two sides is not China's demand, but the common demand of both sides.
Therefore, the ROK foreign minister's invitation to visit China this time will certainly determine the general direction of friendly cooperation between the two sides.
The latest US bill has a rare success
A few days ago, the U.S. government announced that there will be a two-year grace period before the Inflation Reduction Act's regulations on battery materials go into effect, allowing electric vehicle companies and battery manufacturers to obtain alternative supplies of key electric vehicle battery minerals such as graphite from non-Chinese companies by the end of 2026.
The rule builds on a policy in December when the U.S. government said it would "restrict EV buyers from receiving full tax credits for battery materials containing battery materials from 'entities of foreign concern' such as China, Russia, North Korea and Iran."
This series of measures by the United States is to stimulate market demand for electric vehicles while trying to cut off the dependence of the United States and other countries on China's supply chain.
And that includes South Korea.
To put it another way, it is the United States that pushes South Korea towards China.
There are two reasons, one is that according to the "full tax credit" policy of the United States, there are not many cars that can meet the conditions of full subsidies, so the United States will not increase the sales of electric vehicles because of this policy, and the other is that graphite is the main material for electric vehicle batteries, and the United States, Japan, South Korea, and India are the largest buyers of graphite in China.
In the end, based on the reality that China and the ROK are bound to continue to cooperate, the United States will continue to fan the flames and continue to play demons. It is very difficult for South Korea to make the right choice and stand on the right side, even if the South Korean government has recognized the reality, it has to bow its head in the face of US hegemony, after all, once it bows its head, the DPRK cannot raise its head, of course, the South Korean president generally does not end well, and when Yoon Suk-yeol enters, maybe South Korea will change a lot.