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Is it necessary for China to drink South Korea as the retaliatory war between China and South Korea escalates?

2023-01-10T12:13:54.803Z


China's new foreign minister, Qin Gang, had a phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on January 9, expressing concern about South Korea's anti-epidemic measures, and hoped that South Korea would take a scientific and objective attitude. On January 10, the Chinese embassy in South Korea issued a notice, starting from that day


China's new foreign minister, Qin Gang, had a phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on January 9, expressing concern about South Korea's anti-epidemic measures, and hoped that South Korea would take a scientific and objective attitude.

On January 10, the Chinese embassy in South Korea issued a notice to suspend the issuance of short-term visas for South Korean citizens to China from that day onwards.

The notice from the Chinese embassy clearly stated that this was "according to domestic instructions".

What exactly happened that caused problems between China and South Korea that could not be resolved through personal communication between the foreign ministers of both sides?

For a period of time, China has been calling on the international community to treat the epidemic in China rationally and to negotiate with other countries frequently. But is this a slap in the face from the new Chinese foreign minister to South Korea?

What needs to be clear is that this matter is a reciprocal retaliation between China and South Korea, and there is no sticking to South Korea.

After the release of China's epidemic prevention and control measures, South Korea initially only conducted nucleic acid tests on immigrants and companions with a body temperature of more than 37.3 degrees Celsius.

However, follow-up measures have been stepped up. Passengers from China must show a PCR test within 48 hours or a negative antigen test result within 24 hours before boarding a flight to South Korea. They must also undergo a PCR test on the first day of arrival in South Korea. at your own expense.

Those who test positive must be quarantined for seven days in a temporary isolation facility.

The South Korean government announced that it has suspended the issuance of short-term visas for Chinese citizens to South Korea from January 2, and suspended the plan to increase flights from China.

If the previous measures of the South Korean government were to strengthen quarantine, then the current suspension of visa issuance measures has reached the point of restricting entry.

After negotiating with South Korea, China took the measure of suspending short-term visas for South Korean citizens to China.

At present, the biggest controversy is whether China should implement reciprocal retaliation.

On January 10, the Chinese embassy in South Korea issued a notice to suspend the issuance of short-term visas for South Korean citizens to China from that day onwards.

(Screenshot of the official website of the Chinese Embassy in South Korea)

In view of the serious epidemic situation in China, many countries have tightened the restrictions on the entry of tourists from China.

Morocco has done even more than South Korea. This country has become the first country in the world to completely close its border to China since January 3.

South Korea's anti-epidemic measures against China are not without basis.

On January 6, the positive rate of the arrival test of short-term residents entering China from China once rose to 23.5%.

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin also said in a phone call with Qin Gang that this is a time-limited epidemic prevention measure that must be taken based on scientific evidence.

Although the epidemic prevention measures have been tightened, the proportion of confirmed cases among passengers entering China is still high. It is too early to relax the epidemic prevention measures, and the Chinese side is requested to encourage tourists to abide by the epidemic prevention regulations.

Different countries have different national conditions, so they have different perceptions of epidemic prevention and take different measures.

It is unrealistic to demand equivalence in the measures of all countries.

If China's retaliation can force South Korea to withdraw relevant measures, it is advisable.

If South Korea does not lift the restrictions on inbound tourists from China until the epidemic situation in China stabilizes, does it mean that China’s retaliation failed and only resulted in the suspension of short-term personnel exchanges between China and South Korea?

Passengers entering South Korea from China have affected South Korea's epidemic prevention, so South Korea has taken measures to restrict the entry of Chinese tourists. Will South Korean tourists entering China also affect China's epidemic prevention, so that China will take measures to restrict the entry of Koreans?

Measures taken not out of the need for epidemic prevention and control but out of retaliation will only create obstacles to international movement of people and economic recovery.

In this sense, reciprocal retaliation is coercion and pressure by big countries on small countries in terms of epidemic prevention policies, and it is not particularly necessary.

On the other hand, no country in the international community is an isolated island, especially neighboring countries with very close economic ties, it is inevitable that they will influence each other in terms of epidemic prevention policies.

As a neighbor of China, South Korea has no way to completely shield the impact of the epidemic from China, and erecting a fence is an unrealistic measure.

A small country enjoys the policy dividends of a big country and rides on the express train of development of a big country, but is unwilling to accept the spillover effect of the other party's epidemic and is unwilling to share the responsibility for epidemic prevention. clear.

China's reciprocal retaliation may not play a role in making South Korea change its course immediately, but it shows China's opposition posture, which is necessary to deter South Korea's arrogance and arrogance.

After China relaxed its epidemic prevention and control measures, there have been endless remarks to stigmatize China's epidemic situation.

South Korea's various restrictions on tourists from China reflect the problem of the epidemic in China.

China's reciprocal retaliation against South Korea is essentially a part of the public opinion war, a counterattack.

South Korea's restricted Hong Kong flight landed at Incheon Airport Lin Shixiong was disappointed and urged to revoke the restrictions. Mainlanders: The process of entering South Korea is full of humiliation and anger, as if parading in the streets to show their shame. China counterattacks and suspends short-term visas for Korean citizens to China. From now on, all flights from Hong Kong and Macau will be required to land at Incheon Airport

Source: hk1

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