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The Reconstruction of Chinese Diplomatic Discourses in the ROK: By Focusing on the Comparison between China's Abandonment of North Korea Theory and North Korea Collapse Theory

Jiyoung Kim 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study attempts to focus on the construction of Chinese non-state actors' discourses on North Korea and reconstruction of them in South Korea during Xi Jinping period. In particular, by comparing between China's abandonment theory, which was significantly emerged after the third nuclear experiment of North Korea in 2013 and North Korea collapse theory, which initially appeared in the mid-1990s, it attempts to explore distinctions of both theories and the process of construction and reconstruction based on political and diplomatic context. This study argues that China abandonment theory has been initially generated by internal and external actors and exaggerated with the process of interaction between internal and external actors. including influential scholars and major media in South Korea. In addition, this study contributes to the understanding of diversification of China's identity toward North Korea and the reconstructive process of Chinese foreign policy discourses on North Korea in the post-Cold War period.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.