is the South Korean opening to the Communist Chinese. Lien argues that geography, strategic interest, and factors such as the Olympics have caused the R.O.K. to make contact with Peking, but that the R.O.K. has assured Taipei that the current relationship will not change.
連部長並不否認南韓與中共之間的「動作」，他表示，韓國政府雖因地緣政治與戰略因素，追求經貿利益和成功地舉行奧運會等現實政治的考慮，而與中共有所接觸，然而，韓外務部長曾表示，大韓民國雖尋求和中共增進關係，但並無意改變與我國的現有關係。