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HONG KONG -- The Chinese government has begun requesting that Korea run as many Chinese soaps and movies on Korean TV as Korean dramas have succeeded in entering Chinese homes. The deputy minister of Culture and Tourism, Bae Jong-sin, met with Chinese correspondents in Hong Kong on Tuesday and said, "The Chinese Minister of Culture Sun Jiazheng, explaining the rapid expansion of the 'Korean Wave' in China, asked for cooperation so that a 'Chinese Wind' could blow in Korea as well." He added, "Minister Sun said European culture had led the world for the last 500 years, but the era in which Asian culture should lead global culture has come."
Prior to this, deputy minister Bae participated in the Second Asia Cultural Cooperation Forum, which opened in Hong Kong on Monday, stressed in his statement, "In order to promote the localization and integration of Asian economies, we should negotiate on practical cooperation measures since cultural exchanges and cooperation in the cultural industry are important." At the Asia Cultural Cooperation Forum, held for the second time since last year, culture ministers from nine Asian countries such as Korea, China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore are participating, along with artists, architects, and fashion designers.
(Song Eui-dal, edsong@chosun.com )
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