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Winter Olympics speed skating spat stokes anti-China hostility in South Korea

More than half of Koreans believe their country’s biggest trading partner is ‘close to evil’

Accusations of cultural appropriation and biased officiating at the Beijing Winter Olympics are provoking indignation and stirring anti-China sentiment in South Korea.

China’s image has taken a battering in South Korea since 2016 when Beijing imposed an unofficial economic blockade on the country after Seoul agreed to buy a US-made missile defence system to counter North Korean threats.

Many South Koreans have also been angered by Beijing’s crackdown on young protesters in Hong Kong, its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and heavy-handed regional diplomacy and a perceived lack of respect for Korea’s distinct history and culture.

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