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Xi Jinping Visits Seoul: The Bigger Picture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Mel Gurtov
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China and Korea watchers jumped to attention when it was announced that Xi Jinping would visit South Korea from July 3-4, rather than visit North Korea first. Although the trip could have been seen as reciprocating ROK President Park Geun-hye's visit to China in June 2013, the Chinese side surely was aware that the trip would be viewed abroad as a departure from standard Chinese protocol and would probably upset Kim Jong-un and his colleagues. But while the trip can be judged a success for China, the North Koreans may have less to worry about than might at first appear.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 12 , Issue 30 , July 2014 , e2
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1 For a comprehensive report on the current state of Sino-Japanese relations, see the International Crisis Group's “Old Scores and New Grudges: Evolving Sino-Japanese Tensions,” July 24, 2014.

2 “Interview: Xi's Visit to Strengthen Strategic Cooperative Partnership with South Korea—Ambassador,” July 3, 2014.

3 “China-ROK Pursue FTA to Conclusion,” July 5, 2014.

4 Kwanwoo Jun, “Seoul Affirms Interest in Joining TPP,” http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/01/13/seoul-affirms-interest-in-joining-tpp-but-says-china-deal-comes-first/

5 The Chinese text of the final statement is here.

6 See, for example, Wang Yiwei, “Strategic Significance of China-ROK Relations,” July 7, 2014. Wang Yiwei is director of the International Affairs Institute at Renmin University.

7 “‘No’ to US Missile Defense,” Korea Times, July 22, 2014.

8 Stefan Soesanto, “Missile Defense and the North Korean Nuclear Threat,” June 7, 2014.

9 See here.

10 Yi Whan-woo, “NK Criticizes China for Joining U.S.-led Condemnation,” Korea Times, July 24, 2014.