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Year of Impossible Goodbyes Research Topic. Yaw Sackey & Noah Spear. Research Topic. #13: Research the history between Korea and China. How did they get along in the past? How do they get along today?. Korea and China History.
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Year of Impossible Goodbyes Research Topic Yaw Sackey & Noah Spear
Research Topic • #13: Research the history between Korea and China. How did they get along in the past? How do they get along today?
Korea and China History • China sided with North Korea against South Korea and the UN to drive them out of North Korea during Korean War • Sent more than 3 million soldiers called the People’s Volunteer Army • In 1961, China and North Korea signed the Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty • Pledge by China to help North Korea in case of an outside attack. • Started mutual economics after Korean war
Relationship Status Past • Enjoyed close diplomatic relations • Aided each other in the Korean War • China start contract with Seoul in May 1983 when a Chinese hijacked airliner landed in Seoul. Since then, relations between South Korea and China have increased
Relationship Status Present • North Korea and China are still both communist and South Korea joined the UN • China has a growing concern about North Korea’s nuclear weapons, sinking of a Korean ship, holding of Chinese fishing ships, and bombardment of Yeonpyeong (A South Korean city)
Citations • Wikipedia. "China-North Korea Relations." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Jan. 2014. Web. 03 Feb. 2014. • Wikipedia. "China-South Korea Relations." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Jan. 2014. Web. 03 Feb. 2014.