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This article focuses upon American relations with China and Korea through a comparative exploration of U.S. responses to the 1989 Tiananmen and 1980 Kwangju incidents. The thesis contends that U.S. policy towards both countries was founded primarily upon security and economic interests and was often obscured by a lack of understanding of these nations’ internal affairs, history, and culture. Although these factors exist in U.S. relations with the two countries, the United States places greater importance upon China than Korea, a situation that does not necessarily benefit Americans.
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Tenney, W.J. U.S. responses to the Tiananmen and Kwangju incidents: American relations with China and Korea. Journal of Northeast Asian Studies 11, 58–76 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03023496
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03023496