China Watcher

1. China’s Foreign Relations

1. 1. China’s Foreign Policy

[INTERVIEW]
Desire to share China’s experience with the International Community
With Fu Ying - 19
[INTERVIEW]
Korea-China relations are definitely entering a new phase of takeoff
With Qiu Guohong – 25

1. 2. China and the World
[VIEW]
Managing the Fundamental Change of a Century in World Politics
By You Ji - 33
[REVIEW]
Unexpected Achievements with Emerging Challenges on Sixth Anniversary of BRI
By Xue Li - 38
[VIEW]
China and the US should make a strategic compromise
By Li Kaisheng - 43
[VIEW]
China-U.S. trade negotiations: Need to persevere until impending end
By Yu Donghui – 47

1. 3. China and the Korean Peninsula
[VIEW]
North Korea and the new cooperation mechanism in Northeast Asia
By Li Chengri - 52
[VIEW]
Xi’s visit to two Koreas will contribute to building peace on Korean Peninsula
By Kwok Waifung - 56
[INTERVIEW]
How China looks at the Inter-Korean Summit
With Fan Gaoyue - 60
[INTERVIEW]
Chinese reporter’s views of Korea’s security environment
With Guo Zhijun – 65

1. 4. China and Neighbors
[REVIEW]
Japan and Korea’s China dilemma: Dragon slayer vs Dragon hugger
By Jaeho Hwang - 71
[VIEW]
Belt and Road Initiative: Not a debt trap, but rather a great chance for Sri Lanka
By Jayanath Colombage - 76
[VIEW]
Shangri-La: The silent rebellion of the small powers
By Liselotte Odgaard – 80

2. Korea’s Foreign Relations

2. 1. South Korea and China
[VIEW]
China still matters
By Jaeho Hwang – 87
[VIEW]
Inter-Korean summit and China’s role
By Jaeho Hwang - 91
[VIEW]
On the second Trump-Kim summit: China hopes for solid progress
By Yang Xiangfeng – 95

2. 2. South Korea and the US
[VIEW]
Trump is a nobleman, at least on the Korean Peninsula
By Jaeho Hwang - 101
[VIEW]
U.S.-China trade dispute, evaluation and Korea’s choice
By Lim Ho-yeol - 105
[VIEW]
Winners and losers after Trump’s DMZ visit
By Yoon Suk-joon – 110

2. 3. South Korea and Japan
[INTERVIEW]
Korea-Japan relations: Against all odds, there is still hope
With Nagamine Yasumasa - 117
[INTERVIEW]
‘Korea, Japan indispensable to each other’
With Narushige Michishita - 123
[VIEW]
Suggestion for restoring Korean-Japanese relations: Agreeing to disagree
By Song Wha-sup - 128
[INTERVIEW]
Stopping Korean-Japanese relations drifting further apart
With Nishino Junya – 132

2. 4. South Korea and Neighbors
[INTERVIEW]
India closer to Korea than you think in diplomatic and security policy
With Vinod Anand - 137
[INTERVIEW]
Is India leaning toward the fifth axis of South Korea’s diplomacy?
With Dhruva Jaishankar - 143
[INTERVIEW]
Park Hang-seo’s magical effect on ROK-Vietnam relations
With Julia Luong Dinh – 150

2. 5. North Korea and Neighbors
[REVIEW]
North Korea conundrum
By Yang Un-chul - 157
[VIEW]
How North Korea can use auctions and radical markets to foster growth and governance
By Jasper Kim - 161
[INTERVIEW]
Korean Peninsula peace dream shimmering in front of us
With Dean Ouellette - 166
[INTERVIEW]
Russia still has role on Korean Peninsula issues
With Victoria V. Panova - 172
[INTERVIEW]
Pyongyang Declaration: Vietnam feels ‘Misery Loves Company’
With Thanh Hai Tran – 178

3. The Public Diplomacy

3. 1. Universities
[INTERVIEW]
Globalization: Chinese universities develop strong policies
With Jiang Feng - 189
[INTERVIEW]
Yenching Academy, a flagship of Peking University’s globalization
With Fan Shiming - 194
[VIEW]
Korean universities need to strengthen global competitiveness
By Jaeho Hwang – 199

3. 2. Culture and Events
[INTERVIEW]
Culture is the best answer for Korea-China relations
With Roh Jae-heon - 205
[INTERVIEW]
The Korean Cultural Center in Beijing at forefront of soft-power diplomacy
With Han Jae-hyeok - 211
[INTERVIEW]
Beijing People’s Art Theatre: Where cultural public diplomacy holds
With Liu Zhichen - 218
[REVIEW]
China’s ̒Reform and Opening Up Exhibition’ leaves lasting impression
By Lee Dong-gyu – 225

3. 3. Locals and Enterprises
[INTERVIEW]
The butterfly effect of Chinese social enterprise for regional peace
With Kim Hor Toh – 230
[INTERVIEW]
Future of Sino-Korean Relations, Exchange of Local Government
With Park Byung-eun – 235

3. 4. Language and Communication
[INTERVIEW]
Life of Korean-Chinese interpreters and the future of interpretation
With Kim Jin-ah - 241
[REVIEW]
Chinese feel Korean-Chinese friendship through Korea poems
By Ko Sung-hwah – 247

3. 5. Multi-Cultural Society
[INTERVIEW]
Multi-cultural families: a potential strength for Korean society
With Choi Young-nam - 253
[INTERVIEW]
A Korean Chinese couple’s Korean dream has come true
With Jin Songgen and Jin Zhegshu – 258

4. Conclusion: Korea’s Diplomacy Forward

[INTERVIEW]
Korean diplomacy: Looking ahead
With Yoon Soon-gu - 267
[REVIEW]
2018 Seoul Defense Dialogue: Overall discourse about the Korean peninsula
By Jaeho Hwang - 274

Q. How are you observing the rise of China?
A. China that is on the rise while US in retreat constitute a major driving force behind a new round of adjustment in the world power structure. China's economic success has captured the imagination of the world. Thanks to sustained and rapid economic growth, Chinese living standards have been materially improved, and China now boasts full-fledged infrastructure and a manufacturing sector of depth and width. China's influence is also on the rise in terms of its system, culture, military and in other domains, thus giving China more voice and weight in international affairs.

Q. Will how China-US relations evolve shape global political architecture in the years ahead?
A. The "Power transition" theory envisions that the established power would not readily relinquish power to the rising power, while the rising power will use its rapidly accrued strength to explore overseas markets, build up military power, monopolize cutting-edge technologies, and purge the established power, all aiming to change the existing order and norms and attain global privilege that is on par with its new found power, which means upending the old order. When the rising power unseats the established power and thus completes the transition, it marks the onset of a new world order. History suggests that "Power transition" in modern times took place invariably between western powers and fierce competition was a hallmark, though they hailed from more or less the same history, culture and system. So here the "Power transition" in its essence is leadership transition within one and the same political and civilization ecosystem.

Q. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a global topic these days. How will AI impact the international order?
A. In terms of the international configuration, AI may shift the balance of economic and military power among countries, empower the non-stateactors in an unprecedented way and intensify international technological competition. With regard to international norms, AI is likely to change the forms and principles of war, thus exerting an impact on the existing international laws and ethics. The security and governance challenges brought by AI require the collective response of the humanity, and that countries, when discussing and exploring future international norms governing AI, may proceed from the vision of building a community with a shared future for all mankind, as well as the concept of common security.