浅谈中韩文化交流的现状、问题与对策 ― 以中国视角为中心

Abstract

2017 is the 25th anniversary of establishment between Korea-China diplomatic relation. Since the establishment of diplomatic relation in 1992, the two countries have actively exchanged political, economic, cultural, diplomatic interchange due to the conditions such as relatively favorable geographical proximity, cultural homogeneity, etc. compared to exchange with other countries. According to the statistics of China Magazine (2017.03,07), the number of personal exchange was 130,000 a year in 1992, the first year of establishment of diplomatic relation, however in the early 2016, before Thaad dispute, over 100,000 tourists visited each other’s country weekly, in a rapid development. Korean overseas students in China(在中) were around 66,000(15%) in 2016, the biggest proportion among foreign students, and Chinese overseas students in Korea(在韓) also rapidly developed to 70,000 students, over the half(57%) of international students. Also, 140 places concluded exchange agreement between provinces(省), cities between the two countries, accordingly, cultural exchange between the two countries were enhanced in qualitative level as well as quantitative expansion during the last 25 years, and cultural exchange became the most important core factor of Korea-China exchange. However, there are lots of problems in Korea-China cultural exchange due to reinforcement of nationalism, historical awareness, discrimination awareness, and cultural difference, etc. Also, there are obstructive factors along with political interest between the U.S. and China in respect of the Korean Peninsula situation. Particularly, the two countries are facing a serious crisis of cultural exchange since the establishment of diplomatic relation, such as prohibition of Chinese group tourists to Korea, restriction of Korean popular culture and Korean wave celebrities’ activities, etc. by Chinese government since Thaad placement problem in 2016. This research raised the status and problem of Korea-China cultural exchange firstly from the viewpoint of China. Also, based on this, suggested a basic plan to solve such problem, henceforth. Research based on the viewpoint of Korea will be progressed in follow-up study.