The outcome of the U.S.-South Korea summit and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s recent remarks has drawn criticism and threat from Chinese state-run media.
For several days following the U.S.-Korea summit, Chinese state media collectively denounced the signing of the Washington Declaration, a set of U.S. deterrence measures against potential North Korean aggressions.
The state-run Global Times on April 29 suggested that “if Seoul ignores warnings from China, Russia, and North Korea and completely executes U.S. order for ‘extended deterrence’ in the region, South Korea will likely face retaliation from China, Russia, and North Korea.”…