China’s embrace of South Korea is part of a long-term strategy to turn it into a subordinate state in terms of foreign and national security policy (much as Finland kowtowed to the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War). And yet, though courted by all sides in the struggle to maintain stability in Northeast Asia, South Korea now runs the risk of becoming isolated.
中国拉拢韩国是其长期战略的一部分——让韩国沦为外交和国家安全政策的附庸国（正如冷战期间芬兰对苏联的俯首帖耳）。但是，尽管在保持东北亚稳定的斗争中，韩国是各方争取的对象，但如今它却面临被孤立的危险。只要韩国向相关国家——中国、美国、日本和朝鲜——做出姿态，都会引起其他国家的施压，迫使韩国政府随后做出补偿性政策。