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Thu, January 30, 2020 | 00:26

lee seong-hyon

Real winner of trade deal

Some believe that the first phase of the U.S.-China deal to end the trade war is China's defeat. However, Vice Premier Liu He, China's chief delegate to the trade talks, said the deal "serves China's interests, the U.S.'s interests, and the world's interests." In other words, he characterized the deal as having a “win-win” outcome. Then, on what basis should we evaluate the deal?

2020-01-21 17:23

Kim's 'new path' and China

China is paying keen attention to what kind of "new path" Kim Jong-un will take in 2020. First, China believes that South Korea and the U.S. "overreacted" to North Korea's reference to the “Christmas gift,” which heightened the crisis on the Korean Peninsula. The very idea of this so-called gift drew wide attention to the point that Trump also mentioned it publicly.

2020-01-07 17:03

Korea-US-China geopolitics

As the whirlwind of Korean geopolitics (read: “Korean crisis”) goes full swing toward the year's end, I'd like to make some observations on some of its pronounced features. We Koreans are quite used to the curse of unpredictability in our lives. (Perhaps that's why we drink lots of soju to the point of intoxication, in a futile endeavor to escape reality?) However, the current situation is extremely unusual and highly volatile.

2019-12-24 17:29

Moon's 'golden rule' with ASEAN

Putting aside all the pleasantries about the South Korea-ASEAN summit, it's time to get down to the nitty-gritty of it. I had a few occasions recently to observe and study the South Korea-ASEAN relationship, including attending a forum in Kuala Lumpur, a beautiful city in Malaysia. The closed-door forum was meant to enrich ideas for the South Korea-ASEAN summit that we just saw.

2019-11-26 17:20

South Korea to step up economic partnership with Mekong nations

Chinese art of sanctioning NK

As of today, there is no definitive answer as to whether sanctions on Pyongyang are working or not. There is a widely polarized view on it, like day and night. This is a delicate and hotly debated topic among South Korean scholars.

2019-11-12 17:52

Moon's diplomacy with US

As a person who does research on China, I am often someone who points out a litany of problems in the South Korea-China relationship, including the recent discord over THAAD. But as I've been shuttling between Seoul and Beijing, as well as Seoul and Washington, I've come to a resounding Eureka realization that the Seoul-Washington relationship faces more serious challenges than the Seoul-Beijing ties. It may seem odd, given that Washington is Seoul's main ally. This warrants attention from the Moon administration.

2019-10-29 16:59

Will Kim visit China again?

China's foreign ministry spokesman skirted away a question whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would visit Beijing soon. Oct. 6 marks the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between China and North Korea. It has been widely expected that a very senior-level visit would transpire, probably at the top level, to commemorate the special anniversary.

2019-10-01 18:00

Beijing-Seoul ties after Xi's Pyongyang visit

There are some qualitative differences in the way China treats South Korea since Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Pyongyang. The visit to Pyongyang, which took place in late June, itself was a significant event in Sino-North Korea ties; China signified it was raising its stake in the geopolitical dividends of the North Korea nuclear matter. Interestingly, without any public announcement, China's dealings with South Korea have since also shown a nuanced shift.

Na Jeong-ju2019-09-17 17:47

Wang Yi's visit to Pyongyang

South Korean media outlets loudly speculated whether Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi's visit to North Korea this week would reinvigorate the stalled nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. This is quite a common yet misplaced media angle in South Korea.

2019-09-06 17:13

US-China relations in 1980s

Michael Pillsbury, a former Pentagon adviser, mentioned the substantial military and intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and China during the Cold War era. That unusual experience, looking back, partially led the U.S. intelligence community to misjudge and downplay China's ambition to displace the U.S. as the world's superpower, he argued.

2019-08-20 18:29

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