Seoul has given China’s ambassador to South Korea a dressing down, following remarks he made during a meeting with the leader of the opposition.
SEOUL, South Korea — China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy has come back to bite Beijing again.
South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Chang Ho-jin summoned Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming on Friday. Mr. Xing had a dinner meeting Thursday with Lee Jae-myung, who heads the leftist Democratic Party of Korea., Mr. Chang “sternly warned” the ambassador about “unreasonable and provocative” remarks that could be construed as interference in domestic politics.
Mr. Lee and his party are outspoken on the Fukushima issue and are fiercely critical of Mr. Yoon’s signature foreign policy initiative to improve long-strained relations with Japan. The policy has received strong support from the United States, which seeks to upgrade trilateral defense cooperation with its two key regional allies against China and North Korea.
During Mr. Yoon’s Washington summit with President Biden in April, Seoul was granted a voice in U.S. nuclear weapons deployments and potential use on the long-divided Korean Peninsula in return for a commitment not to seek its own nuclear weapons arsenal. Polls show that many South Koreans support the policy.
On Sunday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry revealed that it had called in South Korean Ambassador Chung Jae-ho over the weekend to lodge an official complaint over Seoul’s criticism of the Xing meeting, The Associated Press reported.Amid tense relations with the U.S., Chinese diplomacy under President Xi Jinping has been characterized by an unvarnished, unapologetic defense of Chinese nationalism and rights, even when the blunt talk has proved counterproductive.
The dust-up in Seoul last week was just the latest in a string of regional brouhahas sparked by Chinese diplomats in recent months.
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