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The Star
11-06-2025
- Business
- The Star
China extends hand to Korea
Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung to work with Beijing to uphold free trade and defend 'multilateralism'. In a phone call with Lee, Xi urged Beijing and Seoul to 'inject more certainty into regional and international situations', Xinhua news agency said, as well as to 'promote strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level'. 'A healthy, stable, and continuously deepening China-South Korea relationship aligns with the trend of the times,' Xi said. 'Close bilateral cooperation and multilateral coordination should be maintained to jointly uphold multilateralism and free trade, ensuring the stability and smooth functioning of global and regional industrial and supply chains,' the Chinese leader added. South Korea's new centre-left leader was elected in a landslide last week after winning a snap election triggered by his predecessor's disastrous martial law declaration. Lee's office said the new leader had told Xi he hoped the two countries 'would actively promote exchanges and cooperation in a wide range of fields – including the economy, security, culture and people-to-people exchanges'. Lee also invited Xi to attend the upcoming Apec summit in November, which is being held in Korea's southern city of Gyeongju. Lee said he hoped there would be a chance for 'in-depth discussions on bilateral ties and regional issues.' Lee also asked that China play a 'constructive role in promoting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula,' in a reference to Beijing's ties with North Korea. Seoul has long trod a fine line between top trading partner China and defence guarantor the United States. Relations suffered under Lee's predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol, who cleaved close to the United States and sought to improve ties with former colonial master Japan. But both countries' export-driven economies have now found themselves in the crosshairs of the US tariff blitz. And Lee hinted on the campaign trail that he would seek to improve ties with Beijing. He has also raised alarm by saying that a future conflict between China and Taiwan would not be South Korea's concern. — AFP
Business Recorder
10-06-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
China's Xi urges respect, ‘right track' in call with South Korean counterpart
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping told South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday that the two countries should respect each other's core interests and major concerns and ensure ties move forward 'on the right track', China's state media reported. In their first phone call since Lee took office last week, Xi said healthy, stable and continuously deepening China-South Korea relations were conducive to regional and world peace and stability, according to state broadcaster CCTV. China, Latin America trade exceeded $500 billion in 2024 Xi urged the two countries to strengthen exchanges, adhere to the direction of 'friendly neighbours' and jointly safeguard global and regional industrial, supply chains.
RTHK
10-06-2025
- Business
- RTHK
Xi urges strategic linkup in call to S Korea's Lee
Xi urges strategic linkup in call to S Korea's Lee Xi Jinping told Lee Jae-myung that their two countries should inject more certainty into the regional and international situations. File photos: Reuters President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China and South Korea should promote their strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level. He made the call over the phone with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung. China and South Korea should inject more certainty into the regional and international landscapes, Xi said, adding that the two countries should jointly safeguard multilateralism and free trade and ensure stable global and regional industrial and supply chains. "A healthy, stable and continuously deepening China-South Korea relationship aligns with the trend of the times," the president said. Xi added Beijing and Seoul should respect each other's core interests and concerns, and the two countries should deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges. The call came after South Korea's new centre-left leader was elected in a landslide last week after winning a snap election triggered by his predecessor's disastrous martial law declaration. Seoul has long trod a fine line between top trading partner China and defence guarantor the United States. Relations with Beijing suffered under Lee's predecessor Yoon Suk-yeol, who cleaved close to the United States and sought to improve ties with former colonial master Japan. But both countries' export-driven economies have now found themselves in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz. (Xinhua/AFP)
The Hindu
10-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
China's Xi urges respect, 'right track' in call with South Korean counterpart
Chinese President Xi Jinping told South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday (June 10, 2025) that the two countries should respect each other's core interests and major concerns, and ensure ties move forward "on the right track", Chinese state media reported. In their first phone call since Mr. Lee took office last week, Mr. Xi said healthy, stable, and continuously deepening China-South Korea relations were conducive to regional and world peace and stability, according to state broadcaster CCTV. China is South Korea's biggest trading partner, and diplomatic relations between the two have improved since a 2017 spat over South Korea's installation of a U.S. missile defence system that Beijing opposed. Mr. Xi urged the two countries to strengthen exchanges, adhere to the direction of "friendly neighbours" and jointly safeguard global and regional industrial, supply chains. A strategic cooperative partnership between both countries would bring more benefits to both and "inject more certainty into the chaotic regional and international situation." "It is necessary to respect each other's core interests and major concerns, firmly grasp the general direction of bilateral relations, and ensure that relations always move forward on the right track," Xi was quoted as saying by CCTV. Mr. Lee's decisive victory in last week's snap election stands to usher in a sea-change in Asia's fourth-largest economy. He faces what could be the most daunting set of challenges for a South Korean leader in nearly three decades, ranging from healing a country deeply scarred by his predecessor's martial law attempt to tackling unpredictable protectionist moves by the United States, a major trading partner and a security ally.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
China's Xi urges respect, 'right track' in call with South Korean counterpart
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping told South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday that the two countries should respect each other's core interests and major concerns, and ensure ties move forward "on the right track", Chinese state media reported. In their first phone call since Lee took office last week, Xi said healthy, stable and continuously deepening China-South Korea relations were conducive to regional and world peace and stability, according to state broadcaster CCTV. China is South Korea's biggest trading partner and diplomatic relations between the two have improved since a 2017 spat over South Korea's installation of a U.S. missile defence system that Beijing opposed. Xi urged the two countries to strengthen exchanges, adhere to the direction of "friendly neighbours" and jointly safeguard global and regional industrial, supply chains. A strategic cooperative partnership between both countries would bring more benefits to both and "inject more certainty into the chaotic regional and international situation." "It is necessary to respect each other's core interests and major concerns, firmly grasp the general direction of bilateral relations, and ensure that relations always move forward on the right track," Xi was quoted as saying by CCTV. Lee's decisive victory in last week's snap election stands to usher in a sea-change in Asia's fourth-largest economy. He faces what could be the most daunting set of challenges for a South Korean leader in nearly three decades, ranging from healing a country deeply scarred by his predecessor's martial law attempt to tackling unpredictable protectionist moves by the United States, a major trading partner and a security ally.
