This South Korean article stinks of veiled Sinophobia.
This excerpt exemplifies what they were thinking about the Chinese people:
These South Koreans only liked the China back then where they could get cheap foot massages. Now when China is a peer competitor, they resent the China.
This article describes China's lessening appetite for Korean exports as mainly political. But politics that is initiated by some kind of CPC-led patriotism. Blaming China for 'over-reacting' to THAAD. Well why had South Korea not think about China's objection to THAAD?
The article goes on to explain that foreign businesses are running out of China because of politics and zero covid. Quoted from Western-analysts. Well it's only the big SK companies that are in a hurry to run out of China. The others are not too in a hurry. So screw these SK companies. If you wanna sabotage the Chinese economy, expect the Chinese people to retaliate. SK brands are no longer welcomed back to China.
The article then talks about China inevitable fall into the middle income trap because the Chinese population is getting old, because of housing bubble, and of course, because of communism. Source? Western analysts like Paul Krugman. This is full of copium. SK is in an even worse dilemma of the aging population problem. SK is gonna feel the heat much sooner than China. SK has good R&D, but it is still just no match for China. There is nothing that SK can do about it, not even pulling out all FDI out of China.
This article has a funny section that compares about the political situation now to the ancient politics of North East Asia. SK is Joseon, the US is the declining Ming, and China is the rising Qing. Finally the writer admits that SK is a small nation. Hopefully, this is an early step for South Koreans to move from anger to acceptance.
If I apply Paul Krugman logic then Kim Jong Un will be able to stroll into Seoul without any hassle by the year 2050.