Finding the Common Ground with South Korea

Abstract

This chapter contributes to the literature in two ways: understanding the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative from a Chinese perspective and analyzing China’s diplomacy with its neighboring countries. As a part of the Northeast Asian region, South Korea is geographically away from the primary geographical focus of OBOR, Central Asia. However, South Korea’s geopolitical significance still provides relevance to the OBOR initiative. This chapter consists of the following sections. Firstly, the understanding of OBOR from China’s perspective, the nature and goal of OBOR will be discussed. Secondly, China’s effort to engage South Korea in OBOR will follow.