The Koguryo controversy, national identity, and Sino-Korean relations today

Peter Hays Gries

doi:10.1007/s12140-005-0001-y

The Koguryo controversy, national identity, and Sino-Korean relations today

Peter Hays Gries^*

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University of Colorado

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Abstract

In July 2004, a Chinese claim that the ancient Kingdom of Koguryo (37 BC-AD 668) was China's vassal state ignited a firestorm of protest in South Korea. The decade-long South Korean love affair with China appears to have ended, as increasing numbers of South Koreans have begun to view their colossal neighbor with new suspicion. What were the causes and consequences of this controversy? Rather than forwarding the usual political, economic, and security explanations, this paper interrogates the deeper identity politics at stake, arguing that the Koguryo controversy implicates the very meaning of being Korean or Chinese in the 21st century.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-17
Number of pages	15
Journal	East Asia
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-005-0001-y
Publication status	Published - Dec 2005

Keywords

Existential conflict
Koguryo Kingdom
National identity
Sino-Korean relations

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