Analyzing the Korean Peninsula Problem with Historical Knowledge

South Korea was a unified country in ancient times, and it was also split into three countries during the Three Kingdoms period. During the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Korea entered the post-Three Kingdoms period. During the Sui Dynasty, Korea was also unified. Yang Di attacked North Korea three times, but all failed. In the Tang Dynasty, Korea paid tribute and became a vassal, which was closely related to Khitan and Jurchen. Therefore, during the Liao and Jin Dynasties, North Korea was not attacked by the West. Song Dynasty and Korea were not bordered, so the relationship was not very close. After the rise of Mongolia, North Korea took the initiative to show good intentions and declared itself a vassal. Although there were two defections, the relationship with Mongolia was generally good. It is worth integrating that there was a small country on the Korean peninsula during this period, which was recorded in the history of the Yuan Dynasty. This is also the only time that Korea was divided into two countries in ancient times. Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the relationship with North Korea has not been broken because the Ming Dynasty recognized the North Yuan government. On the one hand, North Korea maintained good relations with the Mongolian government in the North Yuan Dynasty, on the other hand, it recognized the Ming Dynasty as its protectorate. In the middle and late Ming dynasty, it also supported North Korea's resistance to Japan. However, the relationship between North Korea and Jurchen has a long history. Jurchen rose in statehood, and North Korea immediately helped Jurchen. Therefore, the relationship between the Qing court and North Korea was closer.

The Korean issue in modern times is inseparable from the changes in the international situation. Due to the decline of the national power of the Qing Dynasty, the increasingly powerful Russia and Japan are eyeing North Korea. The Japanese beat us to it and took Korea from China. Russia was dissatisfied with Japan's strength, and the Russo-Japanese War broke out. After Russia's defeat, it took a defensive position against Japan for a long time and ceded four small islands to Japan. Although the people of China and North Korea try their best to resist Japan, their national strength is too different. It was not until the end of World War II that Japan withdrew from North Korea. In this way, who rules Korea has become a big problem before the United States, the Soviet Union, China and North Korea.

The Korean people naturally want national independence, and the United States wants to put another country near the Soviet Union. Chiang Kai-shek's government was obedient to the United States, and the domestic form made him too busy to look east. The Soviet Union did not want to let the American plot succeed, nor did it want to offend the United States. Therefore, according to the old method, the three countries take 38 ′ north latitude as the boundary, North Korea as the capital, Pyongyang as the south and Seoul as the capital. It was supposed to be a good ending. If North Korea and South Korea cooperate, the two countries will be unified in the 1970s and 1980s. Just like Germany. However, North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, at the behest of China and the Soviet Union, launched a war to reunify Korea, which is what we usually call the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

At the beginning of the Korean War, the Korean army won one after another and was about to defeat South Korea. However, the joining of the United States has caused a sudden change in the war situation. Although there is no clear data record, most historians believe that the Soviet Union promised North Korea before the war that the United States would join the war and the Soviet Union would join the war. However, considering the international situation, the Soviet Union was afraid of the third world war, so it did not participate in the war. The United States easily crossed the 38th parallel. At this time, the United States made a strategic mistake and bombed the northeast of China, giving China an excuse to help North Korea. If the United States hadn't bombed China, it would have been worthwhile for China to go to war with the world's first power when it was just established. China's accession defeated the United States and signed a temple agreement to maintain the status quo in North Korea. Since then, the Korean issue has come to an end and there is no war on the Korean peninsula.

Now North Korea only uses nuclear testing as a means to blackmail the United States. At first, the United States was afraid that North Korea would have nuclear weapons, so it had to help North Korea build nuclear power plants. However, due to the formation of the American ballistic missile defense system, the United States no longer assists North Korea. North Korea immediately launched an atomic bomb demonstration. The current attitude of the United States is that there is no war and no peace, and it can be delayed. Russia is just trying to stay out of it. China tube is not, no matter what, tube is good, bad is worse, can only wait and see. Japan is very active on this issue. Mainly because Japan is the only country that has suffered a nuclear attack, Japan hopes to get rid of the shackles of the defeated country in World War II.

War broke out in Korea? People who say such things have no military knowledge, let alone political knowledge. Who did North Korea hit? Hit Korea? That's equivalent to hitting America. Hit Japan? Although Japan is very annoying, North Korea has not reached the point where it is necessary to fight Japan. Hit America? North Korea now has no medium-and long-range missiles, let alone intercontinental missiles. Can it beat America? Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the United States in the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War is obvious to all. Countries like China and Russia can't help but feel cold and perform jointly every day, not to mention North Korea. Fight China and Russia? That would be a joke. To put it another way, North Korea is a nuclear country, and so is the United States. Once a nuclear war breaks out, how much impact will it have on human society and who will bear the responsibility. North Korea is unwilling, and the United States has to consider it. Besides, what will the United States do if China and Russia enter the war? Fighting is a world war. After the war, it is hard to say who is the best in the world. Is America worth it for a North Korea? To the north of Korea is Russia, which has the largest territory and the second largest comprehensive national strength in the world. To the south is China, which has the largest population and the sixth overall national strength in the world. To the east is Japan, the second largest economy in the world. In addition, the United States, the world's largest country, is making trouble here, so the problem becomes complicated. The North Korea issue is actually a concentrated expression of the relations between China, Russia, the United States and Japan.

China's foreign policy is invincible, so we try to stay out of it without harming our own interests. Although the United States, Japan or the former Soviet Union did something not quite right on the North Korean issue, North Korea was not always right. China should adhere to the Five Principles of Peaceful Settlement, try its best to mediate this matter and ease the contradictions between countries.