Many people don't think about it: when we invited South Korea's President Li in Ming during the 93rd parade, he turned his head to Washington to meet Trump, and now South Korea has the APEC, why should China go?
(Source: Beijing Daily -- Listen to locals talking about China at the upcoming APEC meeting in Chongqing, South Korea)
At the military parade on September 3, this year, we invited Lee early in the morning, and as a result, he not only did not come, but also rushed to Washington to meet Trump on August 25.
For this meeting, South Korea has done enough "homework": Lee Jae-myung studied "The Art of Trading" in advance to try to figure out Trump's mind, the foreign minister and three chiefs of staff collectively visited the United States in advance to pave the way, and even Korean Air signed a $50 billion purchase order on the spot to "show loyalty".
The U.S. only reduced tariffs from 50% to 15%, and forced South Korea to pledge $35 billion in U.S. investments, import $100 billion in energy, and even open up South Korea’s automotive and agricultural markets.
This is a conversation, clearly “spending money to buy peace.”
Now South Korea operates APEC, the attitude has come to a 180-degree turn. not only to give the Chinese delegation the highest service, but also to specially arrange bilateral meetings between the leaders of China and South Korea, to initiate the resumption of "Chinese-Korean Free Trade Agreement upgrading negotiations".
This contradiction is all about reality: South Korea's exports to the United States account for 20%, but the United States says tariffs add to tariffs; China's exports account for 25%, from semiconductors to cosmetics have to rely on the Chinese market.
Li in Ming himself said that he can no longer follow the old path of "Amerique" - security relying on the United States, the economy relying on China, such a "two-headed relying" day is long gone.
Someone asked, why should we accept this kind of "two-faced" invitation? The answer lies in three tangible benefits.
South Korea is China's third-largest trading partner, last year China-Korea trade amounted to $36.23 billion, more than the zero-head of China-US trade.
Recently, South Korea's semiconductor exports to China have fallen by 40%. If we don't take advantage of APEC to understand, our chip purchase orders may flow to Europe.
Samsung Xi'an factory just expanded NAND flash production line, 80% of the products depend on China digestion, this time to sit down and talk, we have the initiative.
The United States has been pushing South Korea to choose a side between China and the United States, and Trump even asked South Korea to give the U.S. military in South Korea “strategic flexibility” to facilitate U.S. military intervention in Asia-Pacific affairs.
But South Korea doesn't dare to blame China - its car exports are 30% dependent on the Chinese market, and modern cars sold 1.4 million in China last year, twice as many as in the United States.
We go to the meeting, is to South Korea “support the bottom”: you do not have to be forced to choose the side, and cooperation with China can earn real gold and silver.
There is a diplomatic common sense here: APEC is not a “face-to-face gathering”, it is the “decision table” for Asia-Pacific economic trade.
The 21 members account for 60% of the world's GDP and 50% of trade volume. 60% of our trade with Asia-Pacific countries relies on facilitation policies under the APEC framework.
South Korea, as the host, wants to promote the "resilience of the supply chain" issue, can not be separated from China, the "world factory". if China does not come, the enthusiasm of Japan and ASEAN countries will be discounted, and the main face of South Korea's host will not really hang.
On the same day he visited the United States in August, he sent a special mission to China to transmit a letter of “importance to China-Korea relations.” recently also announced the “Five-Year Plan for State Administration Operations,” saying to engage in “diplomatic diversity”, no longer just hold the American thighs.
Behind this is South Korea's strategic anxiety: the United States wants it to raise its defense budget from 2.3% of GDP to 3.8%, spend an extra $9 billion in military spending every year, and may impose tariffs on automobiles and semiconductors at any time.
Following the United States will only become a "shake money tree"; cooperating with China can preserve the economic vitality.
After the talks, China and Korea announced the resumption of Yellow Sea fisheries cooperation negotiations, and also stipulated the opening of the "Chinese-Korean cross-border e-commerce green channel" next year.
South Korea's fishing industry loses $2 billion a year, while cross-border e-commerce can help it increase its cosmetics and small household appliances sales by 30 percent.
By comparing the previous things that made the United States anxious about the control of artificial diamonds, we can understand the logic of China's diplomacy: the hard ones can choke each other's weaknesses, and the soft ones can give partners a step.
South Korea's current situation, like being baked on fire by the United States, we have handed out a "fire extinguishing weapon", which has helped to unlock the siege, but also consolidated our circle of friends in the Asia-Pacific.
This is not a "loss". It is clearly using the lowest cost to break the U.S. containment.
Those who scream “do not go” may not understand the gateway of the game of great powers. Diplomacy is not “fast will for vengeance”, but the wisdom of clearing profit and bad. South Korea needs the Chinese market, China needs Asia-Pacific stability, this win-win policy is more important than a long-term dispute.
Finally, I would like to ask everyone: Do you think China's APEC visit can boost new opportunities for China-Korea cooperation? facing the "small circle" of the United States, what tricks should we use to break up?
(Source: Beijing Daily -- Listen to locals talking about China at the upcoming APEC meeting in Chongqing, South Korea)
At the military parade on September 3, this year, we invited Lee early in the morning, and as a result, he not only did not come, but also rushed to Washington to meet Trump on August 25.
For this meeting, South Korea has done enough "homework": Lee Jae-myung studied "The Art of Trading" in advance to try to figure out Trump's mind, the foreign minister and three chiefs of staff collectively visited the United States in advance to pave the way, and even Korean Air signed a $50 billion purchase order on the spot to "show loyalty".
The U.S. only reduced tariffs from 50% to 15%, and forced South Korea to pledge $35 billion in U.S. investments, import $100 billion in energy, and even open up South Korea’s automotive and agricultural markets.
This is a conversation, clearly “spending money to buy peace.”
Now South Korea operates APEC, the attitude has come to a 180-degree turn. not only to give the Chinese delegation the highest service, but also to specially arrange bilateral meetings between the leaders of China and South Korea, to initiate the resumption of "Chinese-Korean Free Trade Agreement upgrading negotiations".
This contradiction is all about reality: South Korea's exports to the United States account for 20%, but the United States says tariffs add to tariffs; China's exports account for 25%, from semiconductors to cosmetics have to rely on the Chinese market.
Li in Ming himself said that he can no longer follow the old path of "Amerique" - security relying on the United States, the economy relying on China, such a "two-headed relying" day is long gone.
Someone asked, why should we accept this kind of "two-faced" invitation? The answer lies in three tangible benefits.
South Korea is China's third-largest trading partner, last year China-Korea trade amounted to $36.23 billion, more than the zero-head of China-US trade.
Recently, South Korea's semiconductor exports to China have fallen by 40%. If we don't take advantage of APEC to understand, our chip purchase orders may flow to Europe.
Samsung Xi'an factory just expanded NAND flash production line, 80% of the products depend on China digestion, this time to sit down and talk, we have the initiative.
The United States has been pushing South Korea to choose a side between China and the United States, and Trump even asked South Korea to give the U.S. military in South Korea “strategic flexibility” to facilitate U.S. military intervention in Asia-Pacific affairs.
But South Korea doesn't dare to blame China - its car exports are 30% dependent on the Chinese market, and modern cars sold 1.4 million in China last year, twice as many as in the United States.
We go to the meeting, is to South Korea “support the bottom”: you do not have to be forced to choose the side, and cooperation with China can earn real gold and silver.
There is a diplomatic common sense here: APEC is not a “face-to-face gathering”, it is the “decision table” for Asia-Pacific economic trade.
The 21 members account for 60% of the world's GDP and 50% of trade volume. 60% of our trade with Asia-Pacific countries relies on facilitation policies under the APEC framework.
South Korea, as the host, wants to promote the "resilience of the supply chain" issue, can not be separated from China, the "world factory". if China does not come, the enthusiasm of Japan and ASEAN countries will be discounted, and the main face of South Korea's host will not really hang.
On the same day he visited the United States in August, he sent a special mission to China to transmit a letter of “importance to China-Korea relations.” recently also announced the “Five-Year Plan for State Administration Operations,” saying to engage in “diplomatic diversity”, no longer just hold the American thighs.
Behind this is South Korea's strategic anxiety: the United States wants it to raise its defense budget from 2.3% of GDP to 3.8%, spend an extra $9 billion in military spending every year, and may impose tariffs on automobiles and semiconductors at any time.
Following the United States will only become a "shake money tree"; cooperating with China can preserve the economic vitality.
After the talks, China and Korea announced the resumption of Yellow Sea fisheries cooperation negotiations, and also stipulated the opening of the "Chinese-Korean cross-border e-commerce green channel" next year.
South Korea's fishing industry loses $2 billion a year, while cross-border e-commerce can help it increase its cosmetics and small household appliances sales by 30 percent.
By comparing the previous things that made the United States anxious about the control of artificial diamonds, we can understand the logic of China's diplomacy: the hard ones can choke each other's weaknesses, and the soft ones can give partners a step.
South Korea's current situation, like being baked on fire by the United States, we have handed out a "fire extinguishing weapon", which has helped to unlock the siege, but also consolidated our circle of friends in the Asia-Pacific.
This is not a "loss". It is clearly using the lowest cost to break the U.S. containment.
Those who scream “do not go” may not understand the gateway of the game of great powers. Diplomacy is not “fast will for vengeance”, but the wisdom of clearing profit and bad. South Korea needs the Chinese market, China needs Asia-Pacific stability, this win-win policy is more important than a long-term dispute.
Finally, I would like to ask everyone: Do you think China's APEC visit can boost new opportunities for China-Korea cooperation? facing the "small circle" of the United States, what tricks should we use to break up?