Ref.>"China's Greed for Lithium is Killing the Tibetan Plateau"

>"S. Korea, China agree to work for successful trilateral summit with Japan: Seoul ministry"
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> S. Korean foreign minister meets China's Wang Yi in Beijing


Translation; China kept S. Korea in check in its leaning toward the U.S., while attempted to restore the bilateral relations in a foreign ministerial meeting

>"中国、韓国の対米傾斜をけん制 外相会談で関係修復図る"

> 中国の王毅外相は13日、韓国の趙兌烈外相と北京で会談し、日米韓が対北朝鮮のほか対中国でも連携を強化していることを念頭に「中韓関係の困難と試練は明らかに増大した」と述べ、安全保障面で対米傾斜を強める韓国をけん制した。
> 韓国外相が北京を訪問したのは6年半ぶり。
> 両外相は韓国の尹錫悦政権下で急速に悪化した中韓関係の修復を図った。
> 聯合ニュースが伝えた。

On May 13, Chinese FM Wang Yi held a meeting with his S. Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yul in Beijing. Taking it in mind that the U.S., Japan and S. Korea have been upgradinging their cooperation against not only N. Korea but also China, he said that "The difficulties and challenges in Sino-S. Korea relations have clearly increased" and kept S. Korea in check, which is increasingly leaning toward the U.S. in security field.
It the 1st visit to Beijing by S. Korean foreign minister in six and a half years.
The two foreign ministers sought to restore Sino-S. Korea relations, which has deteriorated rapidly under the Yoon Suk-Yeol administration in S. Korea.
Yonhap News Agency reported so.


> 王氏は両国関係から「(外部の)干渉を排除すべきだ」と語り、米国の影響を受けないようくぎを刺した。
> 趙氏は北朝鮮問題など共通課題に共に対応する必要があると訴えた。
> 韓国外務省によると、下旬開催を調整中の日中韓首脳会談に向け協力することで一致した。

FM Wang Yi said that "(external) interferences should be eliminated" from the bilateral relations, and warned (FM Cho Tae-yul) not to be influenced by the U.S.
FM Cho Tae-yul appealed that it's necessary to work together to address common issues such as the N. Korea issue.
According to S. Korea's Foreign Ministry, the two sides agreed to cooperate for the Sino-Japan-S. Korea summit, which is under coordination to be held in the later half of this month.