It is suggested that if South Korea does not have that diamond, it should not follow the United States and run around!
We all know about the Sino-US war, but in addition to the United States, Japan and South Korea are actually cooperating with the United States to impose economic sanctions on our country.
In response to South Korea's frequent unilateral "attacks", China will naturally not be indifferent, so it has imposed restrictions on urea exports. If you don't want to use a little trick, South Korea won't be able to.
South Korea is now facing a severe shortage of AdBlue solution, which is reportedly only enough to last for three months due to the suspension of Chinese customs approval for export of urea to South Korea.
This AdBlue solution is essential to South Korea's economic development. 40% of South Korea's vehicles have diesel engines, half of which are vans. If there is a shortage of urea, it will seriously affect South Korea's logistics system.
This will not only mean that the transportation of fresh food such as vegetables, fruits and meat will be interrupted, but it will also affect the production of important manufacturing industries such as steel and cement.
To make matters worse, the supply of electricity is also at risk. It can be said that once there is a shortage of urea, the entire South Korean economy will face paralysis.
The problem is that South Korea 976% of urea is imported, mainly from China.
In 2021, China briefly reduced urea exports, triggering a severe urea shortage in South Korea. At that time, trucks were paralyzed, a large number of containers were piled up at the port, and beef** soared to more than 1,000 yuan per kilogram.
In the end, South Korea had to send a special mission to China for help to resolve the crisis. Now that urea is in short supply again, the newly appointed pro-Japanese Yoon Suk-yeol is in an even more difficult situation.
Despite the extreme anxiety in his heart, South Korea did not dare to make a strong statement, and could only softly beg each other, begging the Chinese side to send urea as soon as possible.
Because they know that China holds the lifeblood of South Korea's economy. Once the supply is cut off, the consequences are unimaginable. This is the so-called "stuck neck".
Incredibly, in 2023, a small molecule compound discovered in 1773 can send the whole of Korea into a panic.
South Korea is obviously a technologically advanced country, why can't it even produce urea, a basic industrial product?The reason for this is that urea is expensive to produce.
It requires a lot of natural gas or coal as a feedstock, but South Korea is short of resources, and the feedstock** is twice as large as China's. At the same time, the urea market is too small, and it is difficult to make a profit by investing in factories.
China's low-cost urea** is sufficient, and South Korean companies have no incentive to build their own factories. Once China cuts off supply, it is too late for South Korean companies to build themselves. When it is ready, China has recovered**, and it can only lose a huge amount of money in vain.
So repeatedly, no one in Korean companies dares to touch the "hot potato" of urea. In the end, China steadily occupied the South Korean urea market and firmly controlled the lifeblood of the Korean economy. This is exactly the same as the US Monsanto company's strategy of dominating the Argentine soybean market.
It can be seen that the fundamental reason why South Korea is in the urea crisis is that as a small resource country, it is not able to consider the construction of the national industrial system from a long-term perspective. As soon as external supply is interrupted, the domestic economy is immediately on the verge of paralysis.
The current urea crisis is just the tip of the iceberg of South Korea's industrial hollowing out and dependence on foreign countries. In addition to urea, there are many other areas in which South Korea needs to import a large amount.
Facts have proven that economic sanctions are harmful to others and themselves, and it is hoped that South Korea can see the reality clearly.
South Korea likes to learn Xi Chinese culture so much, and we don't need to explain more about the truth that cooperation will benefit both sides, and division will hurt both sides, and I hope that South Korea can recognize its own status and not become a victim of the United States!