After the United States and Britain launched a joint strike on ground targets in Yemen, the anger of the Houthis began to spread, not only Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, but even Japan, which did not participate in the strike, was named by the Houthis, claiming that they would be punished by God.
From this point of view, those countries that have an "unusual relationship" with the United States may be implicated, which is naturally not good news for the current extremely ** Yoon Suk-yeol**, so many cases of merchant ships being attacked in the Red Sea are also telling South Korea that many ships that do not believe in evil have been taught a lesson by the Houthis.
In this context, South Korea's mind turned quite quickly, and after many countries applied for the five-star red flag to cross the Red Sea, South Korea also looked at China. According to the Korean media YTN news network, the China-Europe train is not only the main artery of the Asia-Europe railway connecting China and Europe, but also a concrete symbol of the modern version of the Silk Road - the "Belt and Road" initiative, from only 80 flights in 2013 to more than 1 in 202360,000 departures, in the past 10 years, the annual frequency of China-Europe trains has increased by 200 times.
On the basis of its popularity, under the influence of the intensifying Red Sea crisis, the operators of the China-Europe train have recently received at least twice as many inquiries as usual, according to the Korean media, Yin Xiyue** has been sending people to communicate with our relevant departments, hoping to transport the goods from Incheon to our Weihai first, and then use the China-Europe train to transport them to Europe.
After all, if you don't use the China-Europe train, then there is a high probability that you will be attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea, and if you detour to the Cape of Good Hope, not only the route is longer, but the freight has also increased by 6 times, which is not something South Korea can afford, after all, South Korea's GDP ranking has also fallen out of the top ten in the world.
However, the most embarrassing thing now is that it is difficult to find a warehouse, not that South Korea comes to China to discuss, and China will open a back door to South Korea, but it is decided according to the actual situation, it is obvious that South Korea is one of the "lowest priority" countries in the China-Europe train.
Because the China-Europe train is the only corridor directly connecting China and developed countries under the framework of the "Belt and Road", and speaking of the "Belt and Road", the "Belt and Road" international summit forum held in Beijing last year, when representatives of more than 150 countries gathered in Beijing, South Korea did not receive an invitation, queue up, South Korea is less than 150 people outside, to put it more simply, the China-Europe train must first meet the "Belt and Road" framework of the country, and then consider outsiders.
Last year, South Korea did not receive an invitation, apparently it is also South Korea's own reasons, Yoon Suk-yeol ** constantly cooperated with the United States and Japan to contain China, and obviously became a country that was "not popular with China".