China has had some critical words to describe the US-ROK Alliance:
China Tuesday said it believed the military alliance between the US and South Korea was a ‘Cold War product’ as South Korean President Lee Myung Bak visited the country.
Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said East Asian nations had ‘also changed a lot’ since the US-South Korean alliance was forged in the 1950-53 Korean War.
China hoped to use Lee’s four-day visit to ‘enhance trust and expand cooperation’ with South Korea and would like the two sides to discuss ‘international and regional issues,’ which were expected to focus on North Korea, Qin said. [IANS]
Yes the US-ROK Alliance is a relic of the Cold War, kind of like the Chinese-DPRK Alliance and the entire state of North Korea.
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9:01 pm on May 28th, 2008 1
Yes, the Northeast Asia security situation is changing, slowly, following the end of the Cold War. Even in Europe nations are still wrestling with redefining post-Cold War security needs and means, future and purpose of NATO. But beware the embrace of the Panda Bear. A more assertive China is already evident, and likely to become more so. What is an appropriate response to this by Pacific nations, individually? And/or collectively? Time will tell…
9:25 pm on May 28th, 2008 2
Lets hope that our “helpers” in the South continue to do their work and destroy this cold war relic.
The Chinese flag that should fly in Yongsan, as it once did before the Japanese.
5:15 am on May 29th, 2008 3
When North Korea collapses, South Korea will get to see what kind of East Asia China has in mind. Either China will move in to make the North a de facto protectorate/province, or it will forgo pumping billions of dollars into the North in favor of drastically limiting its exposure economically to rebuilding the North while at the same time doing what it can to hamper a US-led effort, with substantive aid from Japan, to help South Korea stabilize and rebuild the North.
There is no way China is going to partner with South Korea to create a North Korea under unification that the South would like to see.
5:18 am on May 29th, 2008 4
You know, that is probably a line of questioning I’d have for the Chinese government if I were President Lee:
I’d have started in right away with items like, “If North Korea collapses, what can South Korea expect from China in the way of massive support to help South Korea stabilize the North and pave the way for effective unification that will be good for everybody in the region?”
That would both put China on the spot concerning whether it has in mind moving troops in and taking over and concerning possible Chinese objections to active aid from Japan and the US.