[Reviewed King's Visit to Korea] ②
Chinese diplomatic figures who were confident despite the controversy over the'king of perception'
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Reporter Jeong Hye-in input: 2020-11-30 08:00
[되짚어본 왕이 방한] ①「한·중·일 FTA 협상」 경제선물, 관전 포인트는?
거만한 중국 왕이?…외교결례 논란 [포커스]
The proud Chinese Wang Yi?... Controversy over diplomatic ruling [Focus]
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Wang Yi, who visited Korea through Japan, returned today as the Chinese Foreign Minister. However, 3 days and 2 nights in Korea left a lot of backstory. They seemed to be late to the interview with our foreign minister, to respond with high pressure to reporters' questions, and to avoid shaking hands with President Moon Jae-in.
Chinese king is late to foreign ministers and frequent President Wen's prevention 文 The government points out that the'low posture' controversy in the Chinese government is often discussed. "Negotiation leverage is lost"
![문재인 대통령이 26일 오후 청와대에서 왕이(王毅) 중국 외교담당 국무위원 겸 외교부장을 만나 악수하고 있다.[사진=연합뉴스]](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2020/11/29/20201129170212874705.jpg)
On the afternoon of the 26th, President Moon Jae-in meets Wang Yi, a member of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Bureau and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and shakes hands at the Blue House on the afternoon of the 26th. [Photo = Yonhap News]
Wang Yi, a member of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs in China's Foreign Affairs Office, returned to China after completing a two-night and three-day visit to Korea on the 25th-27th. Until just before his departure, Wang met with government officials from Moon Jae-in as well as political figures, raising his voice on the need for cooperation between Korea and China.
During his visit to Korea, Wang emphasized that Korea is a neighboring country to China, and praised the exchange and cooperation between the two countries in the pandemic of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). He also argued that he should continue to expand bilateral cooperation in the future.
In particular, he expressed the relations between Korea and China as ‘to be desperate and cooperate and respond to each other when it is difficult,’ and evaluated that “it has endured the trials of Corona 19 and is now showing strength and vitality.
It can be interpreted as expressing gratitude for Korea for not turning away from China, which has fallen into diplomatic isolation in the aftermath of the Corona 19 pandemic.
On the 29th, a diplomat pointed out that "it has been reconfirmed that Korea is unable to move to China" over the visit of General Manager Wang.
Wang, who started a full-fledged visit to Korea on the 26th, became controversial as he committed a diplomatic rude called ‘late talks’ from the first schedule. Director Wang was 25 minutes late to the meeting of the foreign ministers of Korea, China, which was scheduled to start at 10 am at the time.
According to an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang's side asked for an understanding in advance, saying it would be delayed at around 9:40 a.m., 20 minutes before the start of the talks, and did not comment on the specific reason.
Wang, who appeared in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at around 10:21 am on the 26th, answered the reporter's question about why he was late, answering only the word “traffic” and hurried to the conference hall, and there was no apology.
During this visit, Wang stayed in a hotel in the city, not far from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office. It is known that the hotel is about 6km to the annex of the government office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located. Even if the road is blocked, it is a distance that can be moved within 30 minutes.
However, it was 10:21 am, about 40 minutes later than the time when Wang arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it wasn't even during the rush hour when the cars were crowded.
It is a common sense incomprehensible to ‘late’ for more than 20 minutes, rather than a minute or two, to the official talks between countries called the Korea-China diplomatic ministers talks.
Moreover, it was not too late to meet with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, and Toshihiro Nikai, Secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party, from Japan before coming to Korea.
An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that Wang once again expressed his understanding of the delay in the talks due to him, such as apologizing at a luncheon with Kang Gyeong and the Foreign Minister after the meeting. However, there was no official apology.
Wang Yi, a member of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs in China's Foreign Affairs Office, returned to China after completing a two-night and three-day visit to Korea on the 25th-27th. Until just before his departure, Wang met with government officials from Moon Jae-in as well as political figures, raising his voice on the need for cooperation between Korea and China.
During his visit to Korea, Wang emphasized that Korea is a neighboring country to China, and praised the exchange and cooperation between the two countries in the pandemic of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). He also argued that he should continue to expand bilateral cooperation in the future.
In particular, he expressed the relations between Korea and China as ‘to be desperate and cooperate and respond to each other when it is difficult,’ and evaluated that “it has endured the trials of Corona 19 and is now showing strength and vitality.
It can be interpreted as expressing gratitude for Korea for not turning away from China, which has fallen into diplomatic isolation in the aftermath of the Corona 19 pandemic.
On the 29th, a diplomat pointed out that "it has been reconfirmed that Korea is unable to move to China" over the visit of General Manager Wang.
Wang, who started a full-fledged visit to Korea on the 26th, became controversial as he committed a diplomatic rude called ‘late talks’ from the first schedule. Director Wang was 25 minutes late to the meeting of the foreign ministers of Korea, China, which was scheduled to start at 10 am at the time.
According to an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang's side asked for an understanding in advance, saying it would be delayed at around 9:40 a.m., 20 minutes before the start of the talks, and did not comment on the specific reason.
Wang, who appeared in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at around 10:21 am on the 26th, answered the reporter's question about why he was late, answering only the word “traffic” and hurried to the conference hall, and there was no apology.
During this visit, Wang stayed in a hotel in the city, not far from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office. It is known that the hotel is about 6km to the annex of the government office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located. Even if the road is blocked, it is a distance that can be moved within 30 minutes.
However, it was 10:21 am, about 40 minutes later than the time when Wang arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it wasn't even during the rush hour when the cars were crowded.
It is a common sense incomprehensible to ‘late’ for more than 20 minutes, rather than a minute or two, to the official talks between countries called the Korea-China diplomatic ministers talks.
Moreover, it was not too late to meet with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, and Toshihiro Nikai, Secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party, from Japan before coming to Korea.
An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that Wang once again expressed his understanding of the delay in the talks due to him, such as apologizing at a luncheon with Kang Gyeong and the Foreign Minister after the meeting. However, there was no official apology.
![왕이(王毅) 중국 외교담당 국무위원 겸 외교부장이 25일 오후 인천국제공항을 통해 방한하고 있다. 왕이 부장의 방한은 지난해 12월 이후 1년여 만이다. [유대길 기자, dbeorlf123@ajunews.com]](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2020/11/29/20201129170311824637.jpg)
Wang Yi, a member of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Bureau and Foreign Minister, visits Korea through Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 25th. Director Wang Yi's visit to Korea has been around a year since last December. [Reporter Dae-Gil Yoo, dbeorlf123@ajunews.com]
Voices of criticism came out even over President Wang's prevention of President Moon.
"I don't know why President Moon met Wang, who didn't even bring the letter of Chinese President Xi Jinping," said one diplomatic expert. .
In particular, this expert interpreted that the interview between President Moon and General Manager Wang rather delayed President Xi's visit to Korea.” General Manager Wang responded to President Xi's visit to Korea within the year, stating that it is possible only to completely control Corona 19.
Seo Chang-bae, a professor at the Department of International Area Studies at Pukyong National University, analyzed that Wang's recent move was due to the Moon Jae-in administration's weaknesses in the “peace process on the Korean peninsula.”
Professor Seo said, “The urgency of China is contained in Wang's visit to Korea. However, rather than taking advantage of China's weaknesses, the government recounted our weakness, the North Korean issue,” he pointed out.
Currently, China is in diplomatic isolation due to strategic competition between the United States and China. For this reason, cooperation with neighboring countries is necessary. The reason why Wang visited Japan and Korea in a row despite the crisis of reproliferation of Corona 19 was because of the urgency to find a driving force for cooperation with neighboring countries.
Korea may take the lead in Korea-China relations by reversely using China's urgency. However, it is an intellectual point that the North Korean problem, which is our weakness, was brought out again and the initiative was handed over to China.
Professor Seo said, "Not only China, but the world knows that the most important and biggest problem in Korea is the “North Korea issue” on the Korean Peninsula.” “Even if we were in a hurry, we should not have seen it in China. I lost my negotiating leverage.”
Voices of criticism came out even over President Wang's prevention of President Moon.
"I don't know why President Moon met Wang, who didn't even bring the letter of Chinese President Xi Jinping," said one diplomatic expert. .
In particular, this expert interpreted that the interview between President Moon and General Manager Wang rather delayed President Xi's visit to Korea.” General Manager Wang responded to President Xi's visit to Korea within the year, stating that it is possible only to completely control Corona 19.
Seo Chang-bae, a professor at the Department of International Area Studies at Pukyong National University, analyzed that Wang's recent move was due to the Moon Jae-in administration's weaknesses in the “peace process on the Korean peninsula.”
Professor Seo said, “The urgency of China is contained in Wang's visit to Korea. However, rather than taking advantage of China's weaknesses, the government recounted our weakness, the North Korean issue,” he pointed out.
Currently, China is in diplomatic isolation due to strategic competition between the United States and China. For this reason, cooperation with neighboring countries is necessary. The reason why Wang visited Japan and Korea in a row despite the crisis of reproliferation of Corona 19 was because of the urgency to find a driving force for cooperation with neighboring countries.
Korea may take the lead in Korea-China relations by reversely using China's urgency. However, it is an intellectual point that the North Korean problem, which is our weakness, was brought out again and the initiative was handed over to China.
Professor Seo said, "Not only China, but the world knows that the most important and biggest problem in Korea is the “North Korea issue” on the Korean Peninsula.” “Even if we were in a hurry, we should not have seen it in China. I lost my negotiating leverage.”
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