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Phenomenon1:Thisculturebelongstous
As 2020 neared its end, Papergames, a Chinese game developer, released its
Nikki
Korean service of Shining Nikki. To commemorate the launch, the developers
ⓒShining
heldaneventthatgaveoutKorea-specifichanbokitems.However,usersofthe
Chinese service lodged complaints, claiming, “The hanbok is not unique to
KoreaasitisChina’straditionalgarment.”Followingthisincident,Papergames
took the side of its Chinese users and abruptly shut down the Korean service.
This case sparked claims all over the Chinese press and Internet forums
claiming clothes of the Joseon Dynasty were merely brought in from China’s
MingDynasty.
▲Koreanplayersweregivenaspecialhanbok
Discussion over the origin of hanbok carried on over to discussion about the
itembeforetheserviceclosedonthem.
origin of kimchi. Currently, Baidu Baike, a Chinese-language collaborative
onlineencyclopedia,statesthatkimchilaysitsoriginsinChina.MainstreamChineseYoutubersareclaimingthatkimchi
historically belongs to China. A Chinese company went as far as canceling their contract with a Korean Youtuber named
HamzywhenshesaidthatkimchiandssamwereobviouslyKoreanfood.
There are differences between the two dishes in their ingredients and the ways they are fermented. Pao cai is more a
typeofpicklethanatypeoffermentedfoodthatkimchiis.TheBBCcorrectedtheGlobalTimes’articleclaimingthatthe
kimchiisatypeofpaocai.
“Ithinkhanbokandhanfuaredifferent,”saidananonymousChineseHUFSaninaninterviewwithTheArgus,“Ithink
[thenetizens]foundacorrelationbetweentheclothesbecauseofthehistoricalrelationshipbetweenthetwonations.Also,I
thinkthatpaocaiandkimchiaredifferentfoods,buttheChinesepeopleonthemainlandseemtothinkotherwise.Itmay
perhapsberesentmentrootingfromhowtheChinesethinkthatKoreansclaimtheDragonBoatFestival,Confucius,andthe
poetQuYuantobeKoreanculture.”
Phenomenon2:Thestill-ongoingNortheastProject
Earlier this year, announcer Zhu Xia of China’s Liaoning Province
Britannica
broadcasting station uploaded a video with degrading comments about kimchi
andsaidthatasmallnationthatisrudetoabignationperishes.Thisremarkis
ⓒEncyclopedia
reminiscent of the time when President Xi Jinping told former U.S. President
Donald Trump, “Korea actually used to be a part of China, not North Korea,
Korea.”TheMinistryofForeignAffairsrespondedbysaying,“Itiscleartothe
internationalcommunitythatKoreahasnotbeenapartofChinainthehistory
of Korea-China relations for thousands of years.” China’s view on Korea is
evident from these remarks. Kang Jun-young, a professor of the Division of
▲TheNortheastProjectaimstoincorporatethe
Chinese Foreign Affairs and Commerce at HUFS, explained, “This reason
historytothepeoplewhooncelivedinthe
for such a view is complex. Roughly put, China was historically Asia’s major
highlightedregionintoChinesehistory.
power, but after the Opium Wars, its powers were infringed upon by western
imperialism.Torecoverfromthis,theycarriedouttheChineseeconomicreformwhicheventuallyledtotheirspotasaG2
nation. To improve its status as a major power and stabilize its political system, China implemented patriotism education,
andthisistheresult.”
ThisperspectiveisheavilyinfluencedbytheNortheastProject.TheNortheastProject,whichbeganin2002,isahistorical
studyaimedatintegratingChina’sethnicminorities.Thestudy,havingbeenconsistentlycriticizedbyscholarsfromother
countries,triestoincorporateallhistoricalethnicitiesthatarecurrentlywithinChina’scurrentbordersorwereoncewithin
Qing territory. Regarding this, the Korean government took issue with the fact that Goguryeo and Balhae’s history was
beingabsorbedintoChinesehistory.TheNortheastProjectofficiallycametoanendin2007,butaccordingtotheVoluntary
AgencyNetworkofKorea(VANK),theNortheastProjectisinfactstillactiveasof2020.
VANKsays,“Inthemid-2000s,itwasannouncedthattheGreatWallofChinawas6000kmlong.In2012,thatgrewto
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