Moon Chung-in, Former Special Advisor to the ROK President for Unification, Foreign and Security Affairs, Visits GVI

Grandview Institution 2024.03.26 18:40 Beijing

On March 25, 2024, Moon Chung-in（文正仁）, former Special Advisor to the ROK President for Unification, Foreign and Security Affairs, visited GVI and had a dialogue on China-Korea relations, China-Korea-U.S. relations, and the issue of the Peninsula with Zhang Tuosheng, Principal Researcher and Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Ren Libo, President and Founder of GVI, He An, Secretary General and Director of the Center for South Asian Studies, and Yang Xiaotong, Head of Research for the Department of International Cooperation of GVI.

Mr. Moon said, as South Korea’s neighbor, China is vital to the prosperity and stability of his country. The U.S. should not resort to the same old tactics and allow the Cold War mentality to rekindle. Meanwhile, the ROK should not blindly follow the United States, much less choose sides between China and the United States; otherwise, it will only harm South Korea's self-interest.

Moon stressed that with a long history of cultural exchanges, China and South Korea have a lot in common. In the future, Beijing and Seoul should strengthen their people-to-people and cultural exchanges and foster mutual understanding between the two nations in the hope of a rapid growth of business and trade.