CNA938 Rewind - Lee Jae Myung Meets Xi: South Korea–China Reset Under North Korea Shadow
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping is being framed as a bid to fully restore ties and deepen a “strategic cooperative partnership,” with big business along for the ride. Beyond trade and tech cooperation, a key test is whether China will meaningfully ease its unofficial curbs on Korean cultural content, and what Seoul is willing to offer in return. The visit also runs under the shadow of North Korea’s missile activity, putting Beijing’s promised “constructive role” on the Korean Peninsula under fresh scrutiny. Andrea Heng and Rani Samtani speak with Lee Sung-Yoon, Sejeong Institute