What Lee Jae Myung's China visit signals for Asia's future

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  China-ROK relations seem to be heading toward a new stage of development.

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  Lee Jae-myun, president of the Republic of Korea,

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  is in China for a state visit, the first by South Korean president since 2017.

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  China says the visit is playing an active role in promoting their strategic cooperative partnership,

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  while President Lee has hailed the restoration of the ties as the greatest accomplishment above all of his government.

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  Now,

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  South Korea faces a delicate balancing act on the one hand as a regional ally of the United States.

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  On the other, China has been its largest trading partner for over two decades.

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  Yet, since coming into power last June,

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  President Lee has rejected the traditional equation of relying for security on the U.S.

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  and economically on China.

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  With the ongoing China visit, he seems to have taken this stance to another level.

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  How?

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  Was the shift possible?

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  What's the main takeaway for other countries in the region and beyond?

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  Welcome to the point with me, Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.

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  I'm pleased to be joined from Columbus, Ohio by Robert Kelly,

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  professor of political science at Busan National University from San Francisco by K.J.

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