Seoul will find it difficult to balance relations between U.S. and China due to intensifying great power competition
Despite the well-wishing from South Korea and China to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Beijing’s intensifying rivalry with the U.S. looks set to fundamentally limit those ties going forward.
On Wednesday evening, leaders Yoon Suk-yeol and Xi Jinping marked the occasion by exchanging letters expressing their desires for “new directions of cooperation” and a “substantive friendship.”
Despite the well-wishing from South Korea and China to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Beijing’s intensifying rivalry with the U.S. looks set to fundamentally limit those ties going forward.
On Wednesday evening, leaders Yoon Suk-yeol and Xi Jinping marked the occasion by exchanging letters expressing their desires for “new directions of cooperation” and a “substantive friendship.”
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