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According to South Korean media, the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea will meet in Seoul, South Korea at the end of this month and hold a meeting.
However, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tei-yeol had already planned to arrive in China on the 13th to meet with mainland Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
In the presence of Minister Wang Yi, Cho said soberly that South Korea does not approve of a zero-sum game and is willing to focus on cooperation with China.
The upcoming China-Japan-ROK business summit is likely to be a stage for South Korea to ease Sino-South Korean relations, but if it wants to get out of the trough, South Korea must show enough sincerity and action.
Zhao Duiyeol's trip is a gesture of goodwill to China, but what people never expected is that there is news from the other side of South Korea, which is really difficult to guess.
As you all know, although China and South Korea are close neighbors, their diplomatic relations are very tense, and even fell to a freezing point at one point.
In 2017, when South Korea's first female foreign minister Kang Kyung visited China, she was also received by Wang Yi, but at that time, the relationship between China and South Korea took a sharp turn for the worse because of the THAAD issue, and the two sides were willing to further understand each other after negotiations and consultations.
Over the years, the ROK has followed the United States in doing many "bad things," which have seriously damaged the common interests of China and the ROK, and this is also something that the people of the two countries do not want to see.
During this period, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol also made many public remarks related to China, making wild remarks on the South China Sea issue, adding fuel to the fire, and lowering China-South Korea relations to a freezing point.
It is obvious that Yin Xiyue is sowing discord by doing so, and mainland Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning also immediately retorted: There is no need for others to point fingers.
With the support of the United States behind him, Yin Xiyue can be described as extremely arrogant, but what he didn't expect was that he would face a problem so soon.
Both the application for the World Expo and the G7 summit failed, coupled with problems in the domestic economy and people's livelihood, which caused Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating to drop sharply.
Moreover, the current situation at home and abroad is not very good, and it is not yet clear what the future of the United States will be if the current situation continues to develop.
Therefore, South Korea is facing a difficult problem at this time, whether it needs to transform, if the relationship with China is too stiff, and the United States is too busy to take care of itself, then how to survive and develop after that?
Therefore, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Doi-yeol's visit to China is to release his friendly attitude toward China and to stabilize relations between China and South Korea.
As a matter of fact, when Cho Tei-yeol first took office as ROK foreign minister, he made it clear that Sino-ROK relations are very important and that he was willing to promote the development of bilateral relations, carry out close economic and trade cooperation, and promote friendship between the two countries.
And mainland Foreign Minister Wang Yi also affirmed this point, emphasizing that "distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors".
However, as soon as Cho Thai-yeol released a friendly signal to China, there was news that Cho Kyung-tae (an important member of the South Korean Diet and a close confidant of Yoon Suk-yeol) would take a group of people to "visit" Taiwan.
What does this mean in South Korea? On the one hand, Zhao Duiyeol is showing goodwill to China, and on the other hand, Zhao Qingtai is participating in Lai Qingde's inauguration ceremony, and he has to meet Tsai Ing-wen. It's a little offensive.
In fact, South Korea has done this more than once, and in 2022, when the situation in the Taiwan Strait was tense, the vice president of the Republic of Korea led a group of people to "visit" Taiwan, which seriously violated the "one-China principle" and undermined the relationship between China and South Korea.
The Chinese side immediately lodged solemn representations with the ROK side, and the ROK government knew that it was at the end of the matter and publicly stated that the matter had nothing to do with the government.
In most people's minds, South Korea's behavior is really disgusting, and it is simply unpredictable to say and do, and the different behaviors of Cho Duiyeol and Cho Kyung-tae are really unpredictable Yoon Suk-yeol's inner thoughts.
In fact, Yoon Suk-yeol is also controversial in South Korea, and his approval rating has been very low in recent years, and his praise rate has been as low as 24% after only two years in office.
In the past two years, South Korea has suffered all kinds of heavy blows, whether it is economic or people's livelihood issues, they are facing major difficulties, and her wife Kim Jianxi has also had many scandals, and domestic public opinion turmoil is also constant.
Even so, Yoon Suk-yeol still did not relent, and before his visit to the United States in April last year, he also made a ridiculous remark, saying that "the Taiwan issue is a global issue", good guy, you really want to touch China's red line, right?
The mainland quickly responded, urging South Korea to be cautious in its words and deeds on the Taiwan issue, while many people in South Korea denounced Yoon Suk-yeol, claiming that "what ability does it have to meddle in the Taiwan issue?" ”
If South Korea wants to develop relations and exchanges and cooperation with China, then do not let people like Zhao Qingtai participate in Lai Qingde's inauguration, otherwise they will be dancing on the tip of a knife, and in the end they will only lose more than they gain.
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Wang Yi held talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol.2024-05-13 23:33·The Paper
Editorial: The China-Japan-South Korea summit will be a touchstone for South Korea's diplomatic "correction".2024-05-10 23:35·Global Times
South Korean National Assembly Vice Speaker Zheng Yu-taek and others visited China's Taiwan region The Chinese Embassy in South Korea responded.2023-01-05 11:42·China News Network