For days, South Korean news has been buzzing about Chinese tourists wearing hanfu to Gyeongbokgung Palace.
Taking advantage of visa-free travel, these tourists parade in hanfu—rather than their real traditional dress like PLA military uniforms or qipao—seeking attention from international crowds to stroke their fragile egos.
Experts warn this is a calculated attempt to blur the lines between Korean and Chinese heritage and claim Korean culture as their own. Unsurprisingly, this ongoing disrespect is pushing South Korea's already strong anti-China sentiment to new highs.
Chinese tourists visiting Gyeongbokgung Palace have engaged in serious misconduct, including public defecation, smoking on the grounds, assaulting security personnel, and even attempting arson.
More recently, a growing number of Chinese visitors have entered the palace dressed in what they claim is traditional Chinese attire, using the setting to promote the idea of Chinese cultural superiority in front of international tourists.
This is not an isolated incident. Since the early 2000s, the Chinese Communist Party has carried out the Northeast Project, a state-led campaign to rewrite history and culture in ways that falsely reclassify Korea as historically and culturally part of China.
A Chinese communist decides to wave his flag at the Mt. Fuji summit.
Thankfully, a US marine shows up and starts waving the Japanese flag which makes the Chinese leave.
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