Analysis
Great power rivalry limits the extent to which Yoon and Xi can work together
South Korea and China appeared at odds on North Korea and economic issues at first bilateral summit since pandemic
Yoon Suk-yeol and Xi Jinping said this week that they want to work together as much as possible, but due to U.S.-China rivalry, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to do this.
The two leaders’ first meeting at the G-20 summit in Indonesia on Tuesday was cordial enough, but reading between the lines, it’s apparent that the two sides are at odds on a number of security and economic issues.
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