Apr 24,2018 Special Forum South Korea Despite the announcement on October 31, 2017 to improve South Korea-Chinese bilateral relations,1 and the summit between presidents Moon Jae-in and Xi Jinping in December 2017, South Korea is still under China’s economic and trade retaliation over the THAAD issue. China has not been shy about using its economic tools to coerce South Korea in […] Choi Kang* BRI , Confucius Institutes , Qi Guohong , Sharp power , THAAD