Japan’s ‘economic sanctions’ against South Korea will backfire: Chinese ambassador to Seoul

Qiu Guohong, China’s ambassador to South Korea, on Wednesday said Japan’s “economic sanctions” against South Korea would backfire and would have to be retracted, “as other countries will have to do” – an apparent reference to the US-China trade war.Speaking at a forum in Incheon arranged by the Saeul Foundation of Culture, Qiu said Tokyo’s trade moves would founder amid a lack of international support as Seoul upped the ante by filing a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about…