Reactive Nationalism and South Korea’s Foreign Policy on China and Japan: A Comparative Analysis

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The advent of post-Cold War order, growing economic interdependence, and dense social and cultural networks have greatly facilitated South Korea’s bilateral ties with China and Japan since early 1990s. But disputes over past history and territory have recently strained such ties. Whereas Japan’s renewed territorial claim over Dokdo island, its distortion of history textbooks, and Koizumi’s tribute to the Yasukuni Shrine dealt a critical blow to Seoul-Tokyo relations, the China’s Northeast Project (Dongbei Gongcheng) that claims Korea’s ancient kingdom of Goguryo to be its peripheral local government provoked widespread anti-Chinese sentiments in South Korea. Nevertheless, South Korea’s nationalist responses were not uniform. Seoul responded to Tokyo in a much tougher manner with profound diplomatic implications, whereas public outcry over China was not escalate into any specific retaliatory actions. The article argues that such variation can be explained by the dynamic interplay of issue-character, domestic political terrain involving public opinion and leadership perception, and feedback from political leadership in China and Japan.

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