Based on this, South Korea would rather offense the United States and Japan and other countries, and dare not offend China

Author: Battle Law Express

According to the Global Times, South Korean media recently said in reporting: South Korea's dependence on Sino -Japanese automotive components has been completely reversed, and car parts from China are occupying more and more Korean markets. Especially for electric vehicle parts, South Korea is basically completely dependent on supply from China.

In April of this year, due to the blocked exports of the outbreak in China, the Korean automobile industry had to be stopped operating due to the interruption of the supply of various components. It can be seen that the automotive industry of the South Korean export trade pillar has its dependence on China's supply chain.

In fact, this is just a microcosm of South Korea's serious dependence on China. At present, China is South Korea's largest trading partner, and it is also the largest market for Korean goods exports and imports. A data released by the official statistical institution recently showed that half of the nearly 300 types of imported products in South Korea were listed as an indispensable imported product from China. Among the hundreds of imported products that are easily affected by the international supply chain, up to 95%rely on China's supply. This means that South Korea may have become the second "Chinese economic back garden" after Australia.

The impact of the good or bad of China -South Korea relations on the South Korean economy is enough to explain everything from the cold winter brought to the Korean economy in 2016. Therefore, although Sino -South Korean relations are influenced by Sad, it is still unable to return to the state before the outbreak of the Sade storm, but former South Korean President Moon Jae -in would rather officer and insist on maintaining economic and trade cooperation between China and South Korea. relation. To this end, South Korea has repeatedly refused to participate in the anti -China activities led by the United States, and is unwilling to follow the trend of sensitive issues such as human rights and Taiwan Straits.

Obviously, after experiencing the unforgettable lessons of Sade's storms, Wen Zaiyin's government did not dare to repeat the mistakes of his predecessor at all to avoid bringing more unnecessary serious damage to the Korean economy. Compared with the Sade storm in the Sady storm a few years ago, today's China -South Korea economic and trade relations are inseparable from the supply of goods from China in addition to the Chinese market seriously in terms of trade exports. It can be said that if China -South Korea relations have been severely damaged again and back to the state of the Sade storm, the South Korean economy will not afford such a blow.

Because of the importance of the Chinese market and the supply of commodities to South Korea, no matter who South Korea is, it is dare not ignore China's reasonable concern about South Korean foreign policy. Therefore, after the new President Yin Xiyue came to power, South Korea's diplomatic focus quickly tilted towards the United States. Even in order to please the United States, Yin Xiyue authorities, in contrast to the tough policy route against Japan, have continuously restimmed that in the near future to seek diplomatic contact with the Japanese side, to restore the military cooperation between Japanese and Korean military cooperation in the Wenzai era The strong willingness of the US, Japan and South Korea's military cooperation relationship.

However, Yin Xiyue is very enthusiastic about how enthusiastically it is in pro -American and Japanese aspects, but one thing is very obvious. In the context of Sino -US out of the state of fierce competition, Yin Xiyue's government's policies for China are particularly cautious. After being considered by the outside world, Yin Xiyue, who was once considered "a nightmare for China -South Korea relations", did not let China -South Korea relations "a nightmare", but expressed his willingness to develop and deepen China -South Korea relations many times. Obviously, the Yin Xiyue authorities also realized the importance of China -South Korea relations to South Korea's economy. Therefore, while deepening the United States and South Korea alliances, they also had to try to avoid adverse effects on Chinese -South Korean relations.

Of course, no matter how cautious Yin Xiyue is in dealing with the issue of China -South Korea relations, because he is close to the United States, many problems that may have adversely impact Sino -South Korean relations will inevitably appear. For example, Yin Xiyue promised to the United States to expand the size of the United States to deploy Sad in South Korea, which will pose a threat to China's security. Therefore, how Yin Xiyue will face a severe test on how to deal with the relationship between China and Sade. After all, China has already said that on the issue of Sad, South Korea must not have any luck.

Although Yin Xiyue insisted on assisting the U.S. military to promote the expansion of the Sad base, South Korea is still doing environmental impact assessment, when the assessment is over, when the base is expanded, or what other variables in the future, these are still unknown in Yin Xiyue. In this regard, the Global Network said in the relevant comments a few days ago: From a series of statements of Yin Xiyue's government, although there is a trend of completely down to the United States and Japan, it can be seen that he does not want to see economic issues. let go.

It is no wonder that the Korean economy's dependence on China is becoming more and more serious. Any wind and grass that China and South Korea relations may have a profound impact on the Korean economy. Therefore, if Yin Xiyue did not fully lose his mind, then one day in the future, if he needs to choose between China and the United States and Japan, he should rather choose to offend the United States and Japan, and he dare not offend China. After all, South Korea's offense of the United States and Japan will only affect its foreign policy, but if they choose to offend China, they may have no food.

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