The Study Of South Korean Public’s Cognition Of China:Current Situation,Characteristics And Motivations

As the relationship between China and South Korea has passed its first year of existence,South Korea has seen a change of government from Moon Jae-in to Yoon Seok-yeol,a shift of progressive and conservative forces,and the introduction of South Korea’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy to signs of a "one-sided" orientation toward the U.S.The relationship between China and South Korea faces many uncertainties and challenges.The political and security spheres are cloudy and uncertain,while the overall national sentiment and perceptions of the two sides show a certain degree of regression,and the expansion of exchanges between the two countries in the economic,trade and humanities spheres shows a negative spiral with the perceptions of the public.The Korean public’s perception of China has an important impact and spillover effect on the direction of the South Korean government’s policy toward China,the development of relations between the two countries,and the overall pattern of China’s neighboring diplomacy.This paper takes the current Korean people’s perceptions of China as the research object,and analyzes the current situation,characteristics,and motivations of Korean people’s perceptions of China from a constructivist perspective in the early years of the Moon Jae-in and Yoon Seok-yeol administrations,with the aim of contributing to the construction of good Sino-Korean relations and improving Korean perceptions of China.In terms of research methodology,this paper mainly adopts two methods: documentary analysis and public opinion survey,and conducts in-depth discussions in two dimensions: general evaluation and thematic analysis.In terms of overall evaluation,this paper integrates existing literature,media reports and polling data to sort out the overall evaluation of South Korean people on China and their evaluation of SinoKorean relations from the time of Moon Jae-in to the beginning of the YINXIYUE administration.In the thematic analysis,this paper analyzes the important events affecting the relationship between the two countries and the public’s perceptions in three dimensions: political security,economic development,and social culture,and analyzes the characteristics of South Korea’s perceptions of China and the motivations for them in a multi-perspective and multi-dimensional manner."The paper is composed as follows.This paper is composed as follows: Chapter 1 is an introduction;Chapter 2compares the overall situation and changing trends of Korean people’s perception of China,as well as their evaluation and changing trends of the relationship between China and South Korea;Chapter 3 analyzes the important events that affect Korean people’s perception of China and constructs the evolution process of Korean perception of China;Chapter 4 summarizes the characteristics and motivations of Korean perception of China in the current period;Chapter 5 contains conclusions and recommendations.Chapter 5 contains conclusions and recommendations.This paper presents the following main points: first,from the current situation of South Korea’s perception of China,there is an overall regression and a gradual deterioration of negative perceptions;second,from the characteristics affecting South Korea’s perception of China,there are long-standing structural conflicts between China and South Korea in the political and military fields,complementary competition between the two countries in the economic and trade fields,which gradually turns into a competition-driven economic and trade relationship,and long-standing historical and socio-cultural conflicts.Third,from the perspective of the motives affecting South Korea’s perception of China,China and South Korea are far apart in terms of political systems,security systems and values,and the homogeneity and asymmetry of economic structures have increased significantly,as well as historical and socio-cultural homogeneity and entanglement are the main motives leading to this perception status quo,among which,third-party factors such as the U.S.factor and the North Korean factor have always been the constraints on.