The United States and NATO are free riding on . South Korea is now free riding. Yin Xiyue is no longer hidden and releases danger signals.
South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue's pro-Western stance is becoming increasingly clear, but South Korea must bear the consequences if it wants to check and balance China. The relationship between China and the United States is now very tense. If Yin Xiyue, like his predecessor, needs to find a balance between China and the United States, relying on China for the economy and looking to the United States for security guarantees, it will be difficult for him to do so now.
Yin Xiyue himself is a conservative, so he is now very openly following the United States. For example, South Korea will actively participate in whatever strategy and framework the United States pursues in the "Indo-Pacific" region.
At this NATO summit, NATO has taken some new actions. South Korea is also very proactive and is happy to participate. Yin Xiyue is also the first South Korean president in history to attend a NATO summit. After all, NATO should be responsible for the security of Europe, which is so far away from Asia. Therefore, the South Korean president left this time for the first time. Moreover, South Korea also set up a liaison office in NATO for the first time. This is a historic first.
This time Yin Xiyue went to attend the NATO summit and achieved a very important purpose. On the 29th, the presidents of the United States, Japan, and South Korea held a short meeting, which lasted only 25 minutes. This is the first face-to-face meeting between the presidents of Japan and South Korea in about four years and six months.
In the past four years or so, the relationship between Japan and South Korea has been quite tense. Although the United States says that it does not care about the two sovereign countries' own affairs, in fact, the United States does not want any rift between its two important allies in Asia. Contradictions, which can easily be exploited by external forces.
Therefore, the United States is happy to see that relations between Japan and South Korea can be eased, and then they will work together to help the United States pursue this "Indo-Pacific strategy." On the other hand, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also knows very well that the current Yin Xiyue is different from the previous Moon Jae-in. Yin Xiyue is very pro-American and listens to American language. It is possible that the relationship between the two countries will be eased, and then Let’s follow the United States and work together to check and balance China.
To be honest, South Korea must be clear-headed. It is not that you have not been far away from China in history, and this time is not that long ago. Even during the time when South Korea was tossing , THAAD, , China also sacrificed Some very reasonable and powerful policy measures have been adopted.
For example, South Korea itself is an export-oriented country. With a market as big as China’s 1.4 billion people, South Korea can export a lot of things to China. Then South Korean entrepreneurs can make a lot of money, and South Korean consumers can also I am very happy that all aspects, including Korean film and television drama creations, including their medical beauty industry, are particularly fond of Chinese consumers.
But after the THAAD incident, it is impossible for China to open its door as wide as South Korea. As a result, aren't Korean companies complaining? Now South Korea's own economy is very tight. The war in Ukraine has led to a global energy crisis and a food crisis.
At present, the inflation in many Western countries has been the highest in the past 40 to 50 years. The South Korean won has depreciated sharply. For export trade enterprises, the current life is already tense. South Korea has to participate in NATO. Summit, not to mention that this NATO summit also introduced a new strategy, which is to check and balance China.
Since South Korea is willing to rush to the front line and be a pawn to check and balance China, then it must bear the consequences. The previous article talked about the issue of money in a very practical and even vulgar way, but it is absolutely impossible to live without money. Can the Korean economy sustain it?
The economy itself is tight. In the future, South Korea is likely to have a relatively large discount on trade with China. Life for Korean companies is destined to be difficult.
If the lives of Korean companies and Korean people are much worse in the Yoon Seok-yue era than in the Moon Jae-in era, then you can imagine what kind of support the people will have.Therefore, Yin Xiyue, who now blindly wants to embrace the thigh of the United States, should think carefully about it. China is a neighbor you cannot move away. China is a country separated by a strip of water. Do you really want to destroy Sino-South Korean relations and then suffer the consequences yourself?
