What’s going on with the Korean athletes’ slogan incident on the Changchun Asian Winter Games podium?

Two-thirds of Tianchi in Changbai Mountain belongs to North Korea and one-third to China. It is Jieshan Mountain. Actually, what Koreans call Paektu Mountain is the highest peak of the 16 peaks of Changbai Mountain - General Peak, with an altitude of 2750 meters. It is in North Korea, and the highest peak in our country is Baiyun Peak. In fact, it is Baiyun Peak. It’s the second peak! !

South Koreans openly held up placards on the podium of the Changchun Asian Winter Games, claiming that Changbai Mountain should be South Korea’s territory!!

Yonhap News Agency, Changchun, February 1st, at the sixth Asian Winter Games held yesterday At the award ceremony of the women's 3,000-meter short track speed skating relay at the 2016 Asian Winter Games, the runner-up Korean female team members Kim Min-jung, Jeon Ji-sook, Byun Qiansi, Chen Shanyou and Zheng Eun-joo came to the podium after Suddenly, seven pieces of A4 paper were unfolded and the slogan "Baekdu Mountain is our territory" was raised.

At that time, the award ceremony was being held at the Wuhuan Stadium in Changchun, China. This sudden move by the team members made Kim Jong-gil, the chairman of the Korean Olympic Committee in the VIP room, a little embarrassed. However, the Korean cheerleaders waving the Taegeuk flag cheered in support.

This is a move made by young people who have not understood that "the Asian Winter Games should not involve politics, it should be a completely free and purely purposeful sports event", but they think "there is reason to do so" ".

Jin Minzhen, the "eldest sister" of the short track speed skating women's team, said: "After I came to Changchun, I found many promotional pamphlets saying 'Baektou Mountain is Chinese territory', so I decided to do this. Yesterday's man The "favoritism" in the 500-meter final also contributed to the situation. In today's relay race, Chinese athletes kept pushing and shoving without any punishment. We are very angry. "We just want to express our anger." Cai Huanguo, the leader of the short track speed skating team, said: "I didn't expect the team members to make such an unexpected move. I was stunned when I saw them get on the podium and open the banner. "(End)

On February 1, the head of the Asian Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made an emergency meeting with officials from the Korean Embassy in China to discuss the recent actions of five Korean athletes at the Asian Winter Games award ceremony that undermined China's territorial sovereignty. It pointed out that there is no territorial dispute between China and South Korea. The actions of relevant South Korean personnel have hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and violated the spirit of the Olympic Charter and the regulations of the Olympic Council of Asia. China expressed serious dissatisfaction with this and demanded that South Korea We will investigate the relevant incidents and take practical measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again. Relevant officials of the South Korean delegation have apologized to China for this incident.