On October 16, China and South Korea had a major event: South Korea's new ambassador to China Lu Zhang arrived at Beijing's capital airport and officially began work in China.
On October 17th, local time, that is, a few hours ago, a spokesman for the US State Department said: "China's sanctions against South Korean enterprises are actually" coercing "South Korea and targeting American allies in Asia." Good guy, the US is trying to provoke the anger of Koreans and let the South Korean side continue to be tough with China!
Time too selected: the new ambassador just landed, the United States submitted a "selection script"
On the 16th of October, the bustle of the Beijing capital airport has not yet passed, and South Korea's new ambassador to China, Lu Zhang, just descended from the plane, holding a bell saying that it is necessary to repair China-Korea relations by relying on "the fool of the mountain."
This man is the son of former President Lutei Dumbo, rushed to China on the 33rd anniversary of the establishment of China-Korea relations, and people can see that Li in the Ming government is wanting to build a bridge to the somewhat cold China-Korea relations through this old relationship.
On the same day, Chinese spokesman Lin Sword also expressed his position, saying he welcomed him as a "friendly bridge", but this side just released a sign of relaxation, the United States could not sit there.
In the early morning of October 17, local time, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department jumped out and spoke, insisting that China's sanctions on South Korean companies were "coercive acts" and even exaggerated the matter, saying that it was "targeted at U.S. allies in Asia."
How accurate do you think this time is? When Lu Zaixian arrived in Beijing, he didn't even warm up the chairs in his office when the United States came out to cheer up.
In order to know before the Constitution, the South Korean National Daily also specifically reminded him that the most headache after taking office was "how to balance Sino-U.S. relations", as a result of the U.S. wave of operations, simply precisely into the crack of Sino-Korean relations.
The new ambassador has just arrived, and South Korea's internal ministry is still thinking about whether to turn the turn of its policy towards China, and at this moment, shouting "China is intimidating allies" is trying to exaggerate the sensitive nerves of South Koreans.
After all, the share price of the Huanwei Ocean on the 14th just fell by 5.8%, the market value has lost $ 4.7 billion, the South Korean presidential chamber is in a hurry to find Chinese communication, but does not dare to really protest, this dive is in the head, the United States has delivered the "anti-China script", that is, hoping that South Korea will climb along with the stick, and then with China hard.
But they forgot that the annual trade volume of China and Korea exceeds $300 billion, and China is still the biggest buyer of Korean semiconductors, and the first thing that cannot bear is the Korean economy.
Truth about sanctions: It was not "coercion" but "target shooting", and South Korean companies stepped on the red line first
The United States keeps saying that "China coerces South Korea." This matter must be clarified: China sanctions are not ordinary South Korean companies at all, but the five American subsidiaries of Hanwha Marine that help the United States suppress China. To put it bluntly, they are "accomplices" and have nothing to do with "coercing South Korea."
In the end, it was Hanoi Ocean itself that first stepped on the red line. This company hanging on the Korean signature, has long been thinking about the American thighs. Last year for $100 million bought the U.S. shipyard in Philadelphia, in August this year added another 5 billion investment, even South Korean President Lee in Mingdu ran to the U.S. to give them a stand to blow.
Moreover, in order to please the United States, they also initiated to the U.S. side's "301 investigation" to deliver ammunition - in March to the U.S. Trade Representative's Office wrote a letter, not only to support the suppression of Chinese shipbuilding industry, but also to deliver the core data and policy suggestions of Chinese shipbuilding enterprises, and in June to the hearing will be "witnesses".
The Chinese side's move was called accurate. According to the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, it closed the five subsidiaries involved, banned the export of core components such as marine steel plates and diesel engines, and suspended their qualification to dock at Chinese ports.
It did not implicate other South Korean companies, let alone the overall trade between China and South Korea. Is this called "coercion"? It is clearly a "precise target shooting".
Looking at South Korea itself, October 12th just issued a white paper, saying to restrict high-end steel exports to China, Li in Ming also shouted "core technology must be consistent with allies", which is clearly the first to stand up with the United States, now sanctioned, pretending to be the "victim"?
The most embarrassing thing was the South Korean government's response: on the day it received the sanctions notice, it suspended the cabinet meeting and held an emergency meeting for four hours. The statement did not even dare to write the word "protest", only dared to say "I want to reduce losses through dialogue."
Havana Oceans themselves have admitted that the Chinese market accounted for 28 percent of their revenue, and the shipbuilding orders of $3.5 billion directly stopped, which is what China forced them, is their own chosen path distorted.
The United States 'calculation: Tie South Korea to a chariot and reap the benefits
America’s mouth shouted “protect allies,” and the whole head was a small calculator, which hides two accounts, one on the Korean head, and one on the Chinese head.
In the past two years, the United States has always wanted to get its own shipbuilding industry involved, but 74.1% of the world's new orders are in Chinese hands, and they can't compete, they want to pull up South Korea as a gunman.
South Korea promised to invest $150 billion to help the United States build ships. Originally, it wanted to exchange the United States to reduce tariffs. As a result, as soon as it got on the bus, China sanctioned Hanwha's key subsidiaries.
You must know that 20% of the marine steel plates and 70% of the rare earth raw materials of Hanwha's American subsidiary have to be bought from China. Due to this sanction, the shipbuilding plan of the United States will be stuck, and the money invested by South Korea may also be wasted.
But the United States doesn't care about this. As long as South Korea is in trouble with China, it can only rely more on the US-South Korea alliance. Isn't this just the trap of the United States? Previously, the United States and South Korea conducted the "Freedom Shield" military exercise, bringing in space and cyber forces, and letting strategic nuclear submarines park in South Korea. Didn't they just want to tie South Korea to its own chariot?
Let's look at the "stumbling block" for China. China's shipbuilding industry accounts for half of the global market, and the United States has long been greedy and has a headache. This time, the investigation with the hands of Korean companies is to destroy China's maritime industry chain.
If South Korea is really hard with China, it can not only weaken China's industry, but also disrupt China-Korea relations, hindering China's influence in the Asia-Pacific.
More dangerously, the United States can also use this to show other allies: “You see China even South Korea dare to ‘coerce’, hurry to hold my thigh,” which is to tighten the “Indo-Little Circle.”
But the United States has forgotten that South Korea is not so stupid.China-Korea trade volume is more than twice that of South-U.S. trade, semiconductor, car and Korean pillar industries, can not be separated from the Chinese market.
On the day the HUAWEI stock price fell sharply, modern heavy labor also followed down by 4.1%, and South Korean enterprises are more aware than anyone else, and are stuck with China to pay off.
Liu Xiaobo came to China with the mission of "rebuilding cooperation with China", and in the Ming government, Li has been in a hurry to find Chinese communication, all of which indicate that South Korea does not want to be used by the United States as a gun.
In the end, the United States is trying to disrupt the "Ice Age" of China-Korea relations, but they have wrongly calculated two points: one is that China's counter-reaction is justified, not "coercion", is to safeguard its own rights and interests; and the second is that South Korea has taken advantage and fails, and will not really be hard with China.
Roh Jae-hsien had just said that he wanted to "deepen good-neighborly friendship," but the United States came to undermine the situation at this time. It would be too ugly to eat.
Source of information:
US Department of Defense: China “coerced” South Korea
World Wide Web--Appointed as South Korea's ambassador to China, Roh Jae-hun, son of former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, went to China to take up his new post