Yoon Suk-yeol is now burning his eyebrows, Zhao Duiyeol's visit to Huawei to fight the fire urgently, in the Sino-South Korean foreign ministers' talks, Zhao Duiyeol mentioned a word 7 times, releasing a strong signal, Wang Yi also made conditions for South Korea.
During this time, Yoon's troubles followed, and after his leadership of the People's Power Party suffered a major defeat in the parliamentary elections, dissatisfaction with the Yoon Suk-yeol government continued to swell in South Korea. In the past two days, the case of Yoon Suk-yeol's wife Kim Jian-hee's bag acceptance has once again sparked heated discussions, and the relevant briber Choi Jae-yong is being interrogated.
This is also the first time that South Korean prosecutors have investigated the suspects since the incident was exposed in November last year. And Choi Jae-yong said that his move was to expose the true face of Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, so he conducted an investigation in a "disguised way". He also stressed that on the day he delivered the bag to Kim Keon-hee, there were other people who were waiting in line for Kim Keon-hee with gifts.
Due to the continuous fermentation of the matter, Yoon Suk-yeol also publicly apologized for Kim Jianxi's acceptance of the contract at a press conference on the second anniversary of his inauguration in the past two days. Not only that, but Yoon Suk-yeol's mother-in-law was also involved in the gift receiving scandal. Even putting aside the ability to govern, these scandals have brought a lot of negative effects to Yoon Suk-yeol.
As a result, the latest South Korean polls show that Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating is only 24%, making it the lowest approval rating since 1988 in the second year of the inauguration of South Korean presidents. On this occasion, Cho Kook, the former minister of justice of South Korea, also landed on Dokdo and denounced the foreign policy of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
Cao Guo bluntly said that the Yoon Suk-yeol government is no longer just "pro-Japanese" but obedient to and worships Japan, and called it the worst "pro-Japanese regime" in history. It can be seen that at present, Yoon Suk-yeol has already burned his eyebrows, and if he does not take a little action to restore the trust of the South Korean people, his situation will only become more and more difficult.
As a result, when Yoon Suk-yeol was in trouble, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tei-yeol also visited China in the past two days, although this time Cho Tei-yeol came to China for less than two days, but South Korea has given high hopes for his trip. If Cho's trip can improve Sino-South Korean relations, it will be a meaningful event for both the Yoon Suk-yeol government and the South Korean people.
Therefore, during the talks between Zhao Duilie and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, he also urgently expressed his desire to ease relations with China. It is reported that his speech this time is about 1,400 words, but he mentioned the word "cooperation" seven times, and this high-frequency word is enough to convey South Korea's strong desire to further develop cooperation with China.
In addition, Zhao also said that China and South Korea should manage their differences and continue to maintain a good momentum of cooperation. At the same time, he also stressed that diplomatic relations are not a zero-sum game of "you lose and I win", and South Korea will not neglect China-South Korea relations by strengthening relations with the United States and Japan.
Zhao Duilie's remarks are also similar to the speeches he made last year when he first took office. Cho's softening of his tone toward China is not a sign that South Korea is really preparing to adjust its foreign policy, but rather an attempt to ease relations between China and South Korea through this move, thereby strengthening economic cooperation between China and South Korea.
Just after arriving in Beijing, Zhao Duilie held a conversation with representatives of a number of Korean companies in China, and bluntly said that he would actively carry out "economic diplomacy" during this trip. You must know that in the past two years when Sino-South Korean relations have declined, China-South Korea economic and trade exchanges have also been greatly affected, and South Korea obviously attaches more importance to economic cooperation with China than to politically negative cooperation.
Of course, China has long seen through the purpose of Zhao's trip. Therefore, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also made clear China's position during his talks with him. Wang Yi stressed that there is no fundamental conflict of interests between China and the ROK, and the two sides should pursue harmony without differences. Moreover, Wang Yi also put forward conditions for South Korea.
First, the ROK should abide by the "one-China principle", prudently handle Taiwan-related issues, and safeguard the political foundation for the development of China-ROK relations. Second, the ROK should give more positive guidance to China-ROK relations and send more objective and positive messages to lay a good foundation of public opinion for bilateral relations.
Third, South Korea should face up to China's development, see it as an opportunity rather than a threat, and work with China to oppose trade protectionism and create a positive and healthy environment for trade between the two countries. It can be seen from this that although South Korea pays lip service to the good, what China needs is that it shows enough sincerity.
If the Yoon Suk-yeol government still fails to meet the three points put forward by Wang Yi, then China-South Korea relations will not really be able to get back on track. Therefore, if South Korea has a request from China, it should take a correct posture and take concrete actions to promote the development of bilateral relations, or continue to say one thing and do another, and China will naturally not be able to be honest with each other.
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