When China’s Got a Gripe It Can Turn a Billion People Against You
- China wielding economic power by curbing trips to South Korea
- Feud may strike ‘fatal blow’ to Jeju resort island: governor
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Even teddy bears and K-Pop stars are feeling the effects of the diplomatic strain between South Korea and China.
On the resort island of Jeju off the southern tip of the Korean peninsula, about 85 percent of the foreign visitors last year came from China. They piled into tour buses to see such sights as a botanical garden, a teddy bear museum and a hall full of singing holograms.