ROK-China Relations with Trump’s Return to the White House
ByHankwon Kim [Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy]
► Although high-level exchanges between South Korea and China have recently increased, China's policy toward South Korea remains fundamentally one of 'amicable management.'
►In the short term, bilateral relations will be heavily influenced by the outcome of the ROK-China summit, which will take place around the 2025 APEC summit in Gyeongju.
►The future development of ROK-PRC relations will depend on the flexible balance between the firmness of the ROK-U.S. alliance and strategic autonomy in South Korea's foreign policy.
