ⓒ JoongAng Ilbo / JoongAng Ilbo Japanese version2022.08.09 14:54
Ahead of the South Korea-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Chinese state media said, “Don’t accept the sword that your friend (the United States) gives you,” and put a check on THAAD (High Altitude Area Defense). On the 9th, when South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet for the first time since the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, the Global Times, which tends to be nationalistic, said, “South Korea In an editorial titled, “If you stick to independent and independent diplomacy, you will naturally be respected.”
The editorial said, “The THAAD issue is a major problem facing South Korea-China relations and cannot be avoided.” emphasized. He continued, “We hope that Seoul will not interpret its legitimate respect for Beijing’s strategic interests as ‘submissiveness to China.'” I put out the logic that it should be seen as “. He added, “China does not tell South Korea how to deal with its friends, but it should never accept the sword given to it by its friends (the United States).”
When South Korea decided to deploy THAAD immediately after North Korea’s fourth nuclear test, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in an interview with foreign media in February 2016, “Hang Zhuang (Hang Yu’s cousin) intended to dance the sword in Peigong. Liu Bang) is on the verge of killing him (Xianzhuang dance swordsmanship in Pei),” referring to the sword dance. Due to the characteristics of the Global Times, it can be seen that China will take a hard-line stance without concessions on South Korea’s THAAD issue at the South Korea-China foreign ministers’ meeting on the same day.
The editorial also said, “If South Korea is forced to join the small group that the United States has joined, the international community expects South Korea to play a role of balance and correction in it.” pointed out. At the foreign ministers’ meeting this afternoon, it is expected that the US-led semiconductor supply chain cooperation system “Chip 4” will be discussed.