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China courts South Korea as it pressures Japan over Taiwan

(Bloomberg) -- Hours after President Xi Jinping posed for selfies with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung in Beijing, China sent a very different message to Japan, escalating their dispute by imposing export ...
Time

Amid China-Japan Spat, Both Countries Court South Korea

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Nara, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in ...
Yahoo

South Korean president visits China following Beijing's rising tensions with Japan over Taiwan

HONG KONG (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China on Sunday as Beijing looks to deepen ties with the nearby country after heightened tensions between China and Japan over Taiwan, ...
The Diplomat

South Korea’s Delicate Balancing Act Amid China-Japan Discord

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae during a summit meeting in Nara, Japan, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: Facebook/ Lee Jae-myung South Korean ...
Foreign Affairs

Are Japan and South Korea Poised for a Historic Breakthrough?

When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in ...