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22000km,andrecently,itisbeingsaidthattheGreatWallreachedasfarasPyeongyang.Chinaisclaimingthatwallsbuilt
byGoguryeoandBalhaearealsoapartoftheGreatWall.Moreover,theyclaimGoguryeo’sKingGwanggaetoisChinese.
ThesignattheGwanggaetoStelelocatedinChinareadsinvariouslanguages,‘KingGwanggaetoofGoguryeo,aChinese
minority.’”Thoughofficiallyover,theNortheastProjectisstilltryingtointegrateculture.
Cause1:Behindthenationalityofcultures
Sinocentrism, the ideology that China is the center of the world, is behind the thought that foreign cultures come from
Chineseculture.ItsmainpointisthatalongwithChinabeingthecenteroftheworld,otherculturesareinferior.Through
thisideology,Chinacouldgovernvastterritoriesinthepast,buttoday,theConfucianculturethatoncewasthecornerstone
tothisideologyhasbeenreplacedbynationalismtherebychangingitsnature.ProfessorKangexplainedthatthischangeisa
combinationofChinesetendencytorestoreitsoncefar-reachingsinocentricinfluenceandtheprojectionofitsrediscovered
influenceonculture;neo-sinocentrism,sotospeak.Addingontothat,heexplainedthatthecurrentsituationcomesfroman
alignment between the Chinese government’s desire to boast China’s global image and the hastiness of patriotic Chinese
netizens.
Butotheropinionsalsoexist.ProfessorWooJung-mooofDonggukUniversityexplainedthecauseofChina’sattemptto
appropriateforeignculturesfromapoliticalperspective.Hesaid,“Chinaisamulti-ethnicnationwithaone-partypolitical
system,unlikeothermulti-ethnicnationsliketheU.S.,forexample.Therefore,suchphenomenaoccur.”
Wooexplained,“Economicdevelopmentusedtoquelltheethniccomplaintsthatrosewithinthenation,butasdevelopment
slowed,theone-partysystemneededtobolsterculturalprideasawaytokeepthemasseshappy.”Thatis,theremaybea
limit to the amount of stability a political system can provide, so planting the idea of superiority through culture became
the status quo. Woo continued, “Thanks to the Internet, biased opinions could be spread more easily, and other countries
includingKoreafocusedonthesebiasedopinions,whichledtothecurrentsituation.
Cause2:Thereasontolookback
ThebiggestreasonfortheNortheastProjectisnottoexpandChina’sterritories
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by appropriating cultures. Rather, it is more focused on integrating the
minoritieswithinChina.AttheNortheastAsianHistoryFoundation’sChinese
Specialist Forum on December 14, 2020, there was a comment regarding
China’sNortheastProject:“Underthepretextofacademicissues,theSouthwest
Project absorbed Tibetan history into Chinese history, and the Northwest
ProjectdealtwiththeUyghurpopulation.WiththeSouthwestProject,theywere
successfulincompletelyabsorbingTibetanhistoryintotheirs.”Byriddingthe
▲ChinaaimstobecomethedominantpowerinAsia.
problemofhistory,Chinaisaimingtointegrateminoritiesmoreeffectively.
After integrating the minorities, China’s objective is to become the Asian hegemony. Political and diplomatic experts
in China consistently call out China’s desire for growth. China hopes to flip the pecking order where Japan has been the
leadingAsianpowerwithChinacominginsecond.ProfessorKangexplained,“ThelogiclaidoutintheNortheastProject,
where Goguryeo is a part of Chinese history and only partially Korean history is a way to expand China’s influence on
the Korean Peninsula. From a geopolitical point of view, Korea is the center of Northeast Asia and a crucial bridgehead
insecuringChina’ssphereofinfluence.TheprojectalsopreparesChinaforaunifiedKorea.”Kangfoundthecauseinthe
recent U.S.-China conflict, saying, “Korea is an important place to realize China’s dream of creating a new order where
ChinaissetapartfromtheU.S.-ledworldorder.”
Outlook1:Theneedtoidentifyculturalcomponents
Culturalappropriationandabsorption“willcontinuetohappen,”accordingtoKang.ComparedtoChina’shardpower,its
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22000km,andrecently,itisbeingsaidthattheGreatWallreachedasfarasPyeongyang.Chinaisclaimingthatwallsbuilt
byGoguryeoandBalhaearealsoapartoftheGreatWall.Moreover,theyclaimGoguryeo’sKingGwanggaetoisChinese.
ThesignattheGwanggaetoStelelocatedinChinareadsinvariouslanguages,‘KingGwanggaetoofGoguryeo,aChinese
minority.’”Thoughofficiallyover,theNortheastProjectisstilltryingtointegrateculture.
Cause1:Behindthenationalityofcultures
Sinocentrism, the ideology that China is the center of the world, is behind the thought that foreign cultures come from
Chineseculture.ItsmainpointisthatalongwithChinabeingthecenteroftheworld,otherculturesareinferior.Through
thisideology,Chinacouldgovernvastterritoriesinthepast,buttoday,theConfucianculturethatoncewasthecornerstone
tothisideologyhasbeenreplacedbynationalismtherebychangingitsnature.ProfessorKangexplainedthatthischangeisa
combinationofChinesetendencytorestoreitsoncefar-reachingsinocentricinfluenceandtheprojectionofitsrediscovered
influenceonculture;neo-sinocentrism,sotospeak.Addingontothat,heexplainedthatthecurrentsituationcomesfroman
alignment between the Chinese government’s desire to boast China’s global image and the hastiness of patriotic Chinese
netizens.
Butotheropinionsalsoexist.ProfessorWooJung-mooofDonggukUniversityexplainedthecauseofChina’sattemptto
appropriateforeignculturesfromapoliticalperspective.Hesaid,“Chinaisamulti-ethnicnationwithaone-partypolitical
system,unlikeothermulti-ethnicnationsliketheU.S.,forexample.Therefore,suchphenomenaoccur.”
Wooexplained,“Economicdevelopmentusedtoquelltheethniccomplaintsthatrosewithinthenation,butasdevelopment
slowed,theone-partysystemneededtobolsterculturalprideasawaytokeepthemasseshappy.”Thatis,theremaybea
limit to the amount of stability a political system can provide, so planting the idea of superiority through culture became
the status quo. Woo continued, “Thanks to the Internet, biased opinions could be spread more easily, and other countries
includingKoreafocusedonthesebiasedopinions,whichledtothecurrentsituation.
Cause2:Thereasontolookback
ThebiggestreasonfortheNortheastProjectisnottoexpandChina’sterritories
ⓒiStock
by appropriating cultures. Rather, it is more focused on integrating the
minoritieswithinChina.AttheNortheastAsianHistoryFoundation’sChinese
Specialist Forum on December 14, 2020, there was a comment regarding
China’sNortheastProject:“Underthepretextofacademicissues,theSouthwest
Project absorbed Tibetan history into Chinese history, and the Northwest
ProjectdealtwiththeUyghurpopulation.WiththeSouthwestProject,theywere
successfulincompletelyabsorbingTibetanhistoryintotheirs.”Byriddingthe
▲ChinaaimstobecomethedominantpowerinAsia.
problemofhistory,Chinaisaimingtointegrateminoritiesmoreeffectively.
After integrating the minorities, China’s objective is to become the Asian hegemony. Political and diplomatic experts
in China consistently call out China’s desire for growth. China hopes to flip the pecking order where Japan has been the
leadingAsianpowerwithChinacominginsecond.ProfessorKangexplained,“ThelogiclaidoutintheNortheastProject,
where Goguryeo is a part of Chinese history and only partially Korean history is a way to expand China’s influence on
the Korean Peninsula. From a geopolitical point of view, Korea is the center of Northeast Asia and a crucial bridgehead
insecuringChina’ssphereofinfluence.TheprojectalsopreparesChinaforaunifiedKorea.”Kangfoundthecauseinthe
recent U.S.-China conflict, saying, “Korea is an important place to realize China’s dream of creating a new order where
ChinaissetapartfromtheU.S.-ledworldorder.”
Outlook1:Theneedtoidentifyculturalcomponents
Culturalappropriationandabsorption“willcontinuetohappen,”accordingtoKang.ComparedtoChina’shardpower,its
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