On the 68th anniversary of the armistice agreement in the Korean War, North Korea and China started the 'competition for a good socialist system' as an external strategy for simultaneous countermeasures.
On the 27th, North Korea announced the resumption of inter-Korean telephone lines as an agreement between the two Koreas on the occasion of Victory Day.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 27th that Foreign Minister Wang Yi had presented to US Deputy Secretary of State Sherman the basic line on the 26th: "We must not challenge, damage, and subvert China's socialist lines and systems."
The requirements for the United States announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China include 'not to interfere with China's development process' and 'not to undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity' other than 'not to challenge socialism'. “It is not a matter of human rights and democracy,” he said. “The basic fact that Taiwan belongs to China has not changed and will not change in the future.”
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sherman said, "The US-China relationship is the most important relationship in the world." don't want to The U.S. wants China to develop, and we want the two countries to compete in good faith.”
The State Department announced on the 26th that Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and others about human rights concerns, including the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong, continued genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, abuses in Tibet, and reduced press access and freedom of the press. and China's actions in cyberspace and the Taiwan Strait, East China Sea and South China Sea.
Park Soo-hyeon, senior presidential secretary for public communication at the Blue House, said on the 27th, "The South and the North decided to restore the communication line between the two Koreas that had been cut off at 10 am on July 27th." "The two leaders exchanged personal letters several times since last April. We have been communicating with each other on the matter of restoring the relationship, and in the process, we agreed to restore the communication line that was cut off in the first place."
The inter-Korean communication liaison line was opened with the agreement of three inter-Korean summits in 2018, but on June 9 last year, North Korea unilaterally blocked the South's distribution of leaflets to the North. restarted after
North Korea told the Korean Central News Agency at 11 a.m. on the same day, "The leaders of the north and the south are taking a big step toward restoring mutual trust and promoting reconciliation by restoring the communication channels that have been cut off through personal letters exchanged several times recently. An agreement was reached,” he said.
On the 24th, North Korea's Rodong Sinmun, on the occasion of 'June 25 Victory Day in the Korean War' (the day the armistice agreement was signed, June 27), published a large-scale article looking back on the merits of the 'victory generation' during the Korean War, and it was published on the front page of 2-3 pages. News 1 reported on the 24th that, through 'Joseon Central News Agency's Sangbo', they re-examined those who worked hard on 'rear projects' during the war.
A series of meetings with Deputy Minister Sherman, Foreign Minister Wang Yi and External Vice Minister Xe Feng were held on the 26th in Tianjin, the closest to the Korean Peninsula.
“The United States must stop meddling in China’s internal affairs and stop attacking the Chinese Communist Party and its leaders,” said Xe. We must stop trying to attack the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, undermine China's core interests, and suppress China's development," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said during a four-hour discussion on climate change response, the Korean Peninsula, Iran, Myanmar, and drug eradication.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Deputy Minister Sherman made it clear that "the United States adheres to the 'one China' principle and does not support Taiwan's independence."