{"id":2201244,"date":"2023-06-02T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T23:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2201244"},"modified":"2023-06-01T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:18:20","slug":"china-signals-hardened-stance-amid-four-nos-policy-speculations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/06\/china-signals-hardened-stance-amid-four-nos-policy-speculations\/","title":{"rendered":"China signals hardened stance amid \u201cFour Nos\u201d policy speculations"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a <\/span>press briefing<\/span><\/a> on Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning was questioned regarding the so-called \u201cFour Nos\u201d policy that Liu Jinsong, an official from China\u2019s foreign ministry, may have presented during his visit to Seoul. Mao neither confirmed nor denied the event, instead referring to her <\/span>previous statement<\/span><\/a> from May 23. She reiterated that Liu Jinsong had \u201cexplicitly stated China\u2019s serious position on its core concerns and exchanged views with the ROK side on other issues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

South Korean media has <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> the \u201cFour Nos\u201d policy as (1) Cooperation with the ROK will be withheld if its \u201ccore interests,\u201d including the Taiwan issue, are compromised; (2) Cooperation will be withheld if South Korea leans towards a singularly pro-US\/pro-Japan foreign policy; (3) High-level diplomatic exchanges, including a potential state visit to South Korea by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, will not be pursued if diplomatic tensions between the two nations persist; and (4) South Korea will not be permitted to take a leading role in North Korean affairs if discord remains between Seoul and Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ROK side should have an in-depth understanding of the crux of the problem, take it seriously and work with China to make positive effort for the sound and steady growth of China-ROK relations,\u201d Mao added.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n

As Beijing begins to adopt a harder stance toward Seoul, ties between the two countries will likely continue to spiral downward for the foreseeable future. In a <\/span>statement<\/span><\/a> made after his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in May, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol pointed out that South Korea is compelled to rely on U.S. extended deterrence, as China does not enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea \u201cat all.\u201d Yoon also <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> in an earlier interview classified the Taiwan issue as a global concern, not just a bilateral issue between China and Taiwan, a viewpoint that was met with anger by Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The potential impact of withholding a state visit to South Korea by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, however, remains uncertain. Considering that Xi has not made a state visit to South Korea since 2014 and within this period, three South Korean presidential visits to China have been made \u2014 former presidents Park Geun-hye in <\/span>2015<\/span><\/a> and Moon Jae-in in <\/span>2017<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>2019<\/span><\/a> \u2014 a change in South Korean diplomacy seems unlikely.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Yoon administration has also stated its diplomatic stance towards China numerous times, highlighting that relations should be anchored on \u201c<\/span>mutual respect, mutual benefit and common interests<\/span><\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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