Korean media reported that local kimchi is too expensive, and South Koreans are stocking up on Chinese kimchi instead
South Koreans may not be unaware of the same as Korean cabbage and Chinese cabbage (even Shandong cabbage is better and export quality), but they still price Korean cabbage higher, which is an act of agricultural protection. By promoting local specialties and raising the best to protect fragile agriculture. Although South Korea's agriculture itself is already in shambles, if it were not, South Korea's agriculture would collapse next to China.
But agriculture is a very special industry, and the special thing is that you can't let him follow the market economy, because unlike other products, no grain will kill people, and no vegetables will cause riots. In the past, the price of onions and tomatoes in India had risen, and there were incidents of tomatoes being stolen and even killed, and the shortage of cabbage directly affected South Korea**.
Emotionally speaking, South Korea has always regarded kimchi as a national treasure, but Korean cabbage is often not enough to eat, so it has to be imported from China. Agriculture, especially vegetable farming, is a labor-intensive industry, and South Korea's cabbage is unlikely to have an advantage in competition with China given its labor costs. South Korea can not fully control the production of cabbage, and must resist the impact of Chinese cabbage on the Korean market. In this tangled situation, if South Korea does not subsidize agriculture a lot, then it can only empower Korean cabbage in propaganda and let the Korean people pay. But how long can this empowering enthusiasm last?
South Korea really broke the defense this time because of Chinese kimchi.
In this kind of people's livelihood problem, South Korea has a great responsibility, and simply wants to make the people pay through publicity, and the people's wallets know how to pay.
On the other hand, their propaganda did play a certain role, after all, importing cabbage requires the use of foreign exchange, which does not play a great role in their internal circulation. What's more, they are also afraid that the cabbage will be stuck by China, and if they can use this means to diversify, they will naturally have more bargaining chips at the negotiation table.
However, this matter, I always feel that China has suffered some small losses, one is that there are too many cabbages grown in China, and the competition in the domestic market is too fierce to sell **, and the same is true in exports. But cabbage is a daily necessity in South Korea, and if China can ease domestic competition, it can also take advantage of South Korea. The ** of the two countries itself can also be seen as an exchange of labor value. If China increases its labor force**, it will not necessarily make less money, and at the same time, it will be easier. Chinese and Koreans are people, so why should our labor be cheap?
What's more, Chinese cabbage is also defined as Korean kimchi by South Korea, and as soon as you turn your head and open a store in China, you can buy several times more**.