On September 23, local time, Lee made a speech at the 80th General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly. On the eve of the meeting, Lee was interviewed by BBC in Seoul.

In the interview, Li discussed the current situation on the peninsula, as well as the relations between South Korea and China, Russia and the United States. When Li mentioned in particular the September 3 military parade, the Russian President and North Korean leaders were invited to visit Tiananmen.

Li believes that the leaders of China, Russia and North Korea are in the same framework at the parade, which puts ¡°Korea in a very difficult situation.¡± ¡± Li said, ¡°Now that China, Russia and North Korea have become so close, this is clearly something that South Korea does not want to see.¡±

Based on this, Lee Jae-myung said that he might continue to cooperate with Japan and the United States to respond. Sure enough, Lee Jae-myung's response came soon. This time, he directly violated his promise on foreign policy during his presidential campaign, and even changed his face.

On September 22, local time, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, Japanese Foreign Secretary Iowa Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Zhao Zhao suddenly issued a statement against China while attending the United Nations General Assembly.

¡°They stressed the importance ofining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and expressed concern over the increasing frequency of destabilizing actions around Taiwan. The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs encouraged a peaceful settlement of the cross-Straits and opposed any unilateral attempt to change the status quo. They also expressed support for Taiwan¡¯s substantial participation in appropriate international organizations.¡±

Know that this statement is a naked interference in China's internal affairs, and it is also related to China's core interests. This is what Lee Jae-myung called "cooperation with Japan and the United States" in an interview. From the standpoint of Lee Jae-myung's government, this is to oppose China's recovery of Taiwan Province by force, which is to give China a "blow in the head" in front of representatives of 193 countries.

The author believes that the joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of the United States, Japan and South Korea on Taiwan may be a temporary strategic performance, but it is not an isolated incident. Not surprisingly, China made a tough response at the first time.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun immediately responded in three sentences:

The first sentence states that the three countries of the United States and South Korea have said three and four on the Taiwan and the Sea-related issues, interfering in China's internal affairs, denigrating China, and the Chinese side is strongly dissatisfied with this and resolutely opposes it.

Second, the countries concerned should abide by the one-China principle, stop conniving at "Taiwan independence" separatist activities in any form, and refrain from sending wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces;

Third, relevant countries should respect the joint efforts of regional countries to resolve problems through dialogue and consultation and maintain peace and stability, and stop generating tension and provoking confrontation.

These three words are clearly telling Lee in Ming, you have crossed the line, the Taiwan issue is China's internal affairs, not South Korea can interfere.When the news came out, Chinese netizens said that Lee in Ming is still completely exposed, he still stands for the United States.

If you understand the position of Lee on the Taiwan issue before Ming, you will know that he was a 180-degree shift this time. In March 2024, when Lee was present at the ticketing event, he faced thousands of South Korean people in Taiwan with fierce criticism of Yongxiang's government's serious mistakes in foreign policy, especially in China's misappropriation caused Korean-Chinese relations to deteriorate, resulting in China, which was once the largest exporter of South Korea and the source of a trade surplus, but now became the biggest trade deficit country.

Li Zaiming angrily denounced: "I believe everyone has personally experienced what good things the Yin Xiyue government has done. The economy has collapsed and the people are in poverty. If he has nothing to do, the situation may be better. Why does he interfere everywhere and make things worse?"

Lee Jae-myung also directly criticized Yoon Seok-yue for meddling in the Taiwan issue. He said: "I have to ask, why does Yoon Seok-yue's government want to provoke China?" Lee Jae-myung further added: "Why should we intervene in the Taiwan issue? No matter what happens in the Taiwan Strait? Does it have anything to do with us?"

In April 2024, Yin Xiaobo publicly shouted, ¡°The Taiwan issue is not only a problem between mainland China and Taiwan, but like the North Korean issue, it is a global issue,¡± and threatened China ¡°South Korea will join with the international community and resolutely oppose relying on force to change the status quo.¡±

During the election campaign, Lee Jae-myung took a clear-cut stand against South Korea's involvement in the Taiwan Province issue, which quickly spread on the Chinese Internet and caused many Chinese media reports. For a time, Chinese netizens gave great expectations to Lee Jae-myung's presidential campaign, and the Chinese government also expected him to improve Sino-ROK relations as soon as possible after he took office.

In fact, whether during his campaign or in the first three months after he came to power, he has been calling for "practical diplomacy based on national interests".Lee said more than once: "At the same time ensuring the stability of the Korean-American alliance, repair and develop Korean-Chinese relations and alleviate tensions with North Korea."

Li in Ming can speak well, but does not take concrete actions to improve China-Korea relations. Li in Ming may initially have a little political ambition, he does not want to thoroughly choose the sidelines between China and the United States, but hopes to the maximization of Korean national interests through multi-balanced diplomacy, but soon awakened.

South Korean experts say that the actual course of Lee's diplomacy shows a complex deviation from this original intention, so-called "practical diplomacy" faces multiple tests, and he needs to look especially at the attitude of the US government.

Clearly, this time Li in Ming chose to interfere in China's internal affairs, opposed to China's armed recovery of Taiwan, in essence is to take the US head of the horse as a perspective, in line with the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy. in one word, Li in Ming declared "practical diplomacy" is difficult to do, or say he is more inclined to develop relations with the United States, in essence is to try to sew the balance of relations with China and the United States through the right-wing source to seek the maximization of South Korean interests.