South Korea should not fear China's rise, foreign minister says
"We should neither have an unfounded fear of China's rise nor underestimate its capabilities and potential," South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said, a day after meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing.
South Korea should not fear China's growing influence, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has stated, urging for greater collaboration ahead of an upcoming summit in China. In an interview on social media platform X, Cho emphasized the need to neither fear China's rise nor underestimate its capabilities and potential, suggesting Seoul should focus on building mutually beneficial cooperation.
Cho's comments followed his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, their first in nearly three months, where they discussed bilateral relations, issues on the Korean Peninsula, and ways to provide tangible benefits to both nations. The meeting precedes the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Shenzhen on November 18-19, where South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will participate along with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The summit is anticipated to include several prominent world leaders, with US President Donald Trump scheduled to meet Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin later. Cho expressed hope that Lee's visit would bolster bilateral ties and expand "horizontal and mutually beneficial" cooperation in areas where the two countries possess complementary strengths.
Following China's interest in strengthening ties in traditional industries and emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence and biomedicine, Wang mentioned that bilateral relations have returned to a positive trajectory following interactions between the nations' leaders.
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