Japan and South Korea Cross-Harbour Tunnel is Just a Dream
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South Korea has launched the construction of a connecting China, Korea and Japan undersea tunnel high-speed rail feasibility study. So, the construction of Japan and South Korea is a fantasy or a tunnel in the end the new century by people on the big project?
The basic framework of the South Korean side repeatedly discussed
Kim Dae-jung government from the beginning, South Korea has proposed to build a Northeast Asian economic hub. Roh Moo-hyun during his employment, it is made clear to South Korea into a "Center for Northeast Asian countries." To this end, South Korea has tried to inter-Korean railway with Russia's Siberian railway, built a huge cover the entire Northeast Asian railway network. South Korea believes that as the economic center of Northeast Asia, Japan and South Korea tunnel construction is an important part.
Late last year, under the auspices of the Lee Myung-bak, the discussion on the construction of tunnel increased by the local government to the central government level. Clearly, South Korea, more and more towards this idea seriously.
South Korea Department of Transportation is reviewing the construction of the feasibility of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in Japan and South Korea. Part of the tunnel connecting the eastern Chinese port of Weihai and the west coast of the Korean peninsula, the other part of the tunnel will connect South Korea's southern port of Busan, Fukuoka, Hong Kong and Japan. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that national research institutions is expected to be issued before the end of 2010 a detailed investigation report.
If the undersea tunnel between Korea and high-speed railway linking Seoul to Beijing and Shanghai, as long as four to five hours, a huge economic zone will be subsequently emerged.
Japan and South Korea 70 years ago, the tunnel had been stranded
In fact, as early as 70 years ago, Japan proposed Korea to build undersea tunnel, but has not been realized. Compared with the Han Zhonghai the end of the tunnel, Japan and South Korea the idea of the Cross Harbour Tunnel to mature a lot, but once Japan and Korea had been discussed at the official level. The idea is first proposed by Japan.
As early as 30 years in the last century the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, Japan proposed the "Greater East Asian concept of longitudinal railways", hopes to increase the material transport channel tunnel, and a survey carried out this activity. But with Japan's defeat in 1945, the idea ran aground.
80s of last century, Japan and South Korea once again politicians start of the Cross Harbour Tunnel. To the Roh Moo-hyun during his tenure, research and concluded that the project about 100 trillion won, costly, less efficient aircraft and ships used in the construction of a lack of "appropriateness." South Korea turns cold Another reason for the interest, at the time of the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi took office, several visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, resulting in the cooling relations between Japan and South Korea.
Take decades to start
The tunnel on the construction of the idea of Japan and South Korea, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the tunnel project may not be achieved in the short term, on the one hand requires a lot of money, it also need the consent of China and Japan. According to the South Korean government official said, may take decades to start the project, even if the investigation report shows the technical feasibility of this scheme has also to consider many other aspects.
Korean scholars have pointed out that although the long term, the Cross Harbour Tunnel Korea and Japan may have a positive impact, but how to share between countries more than one hundred trillion won huge cost of the project is indeed doubtful.
As the projects are large and the nature of national projects, among the three countries involved in the political, economic and foreign relations aspects of the problem, it is very complicated. South Korea and Japan in particular, the question of history has not yet been completely liquidated, in Korea there is a strong anti-Japanese sentiment, it also increases the Korea-Japan undersea tunnel project the potential risks.
In addition, technical barriers is a huge variable. Technical barriers include not only the investigation and construction issues, including how to prevent terrorist attacks and other issues. So for a long period of time, the construction of Japan and South Korea will remain in the tunnel vision stage.
South Korea wanted to be a logistics center of Northeast Asia
Japan and South Korea to build the tunnel, facing many problems. So why Korea such a vast project proposed? What are the benefits gained from Korea?
In this regard, the Central Party School Korean International Institute for Strategic Studies expert Professor Zhang Liangui that the construction of South Korea several years ago disclosed the idea of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in Japan and South Korea. This is mainly because the Korean economy developed, considered to be in Northeast Asia, both politically and economically should play a greater role. Korea, Japan and South Korea is now proposed tunnel under construction, mainly to serve as the logistics center of Northeast Asia. After the formation of a logistics center, South Korea in Northeast Asia can play a greater role.
Meanwhile, Professor Zhang Liangui also pointed out that in the long run, the construction of Japan and South Korea still has the possibility of the Cross Harbour Tunnel. With the integration of Northeast Asia, Japan and South Korea advance of construction of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in both economic and political necessity. But the current situation still faced many difficulties. The first is political, and in Japan and South Korea can reach a consensus. In addition, from a technical level it is also facing great difficulties, in the submarine repair such a big thing, we need to do a lot of effort.
In addition, there are many political problems difficult to overcome. Japan and South Korea to a closer political cooperation, mutual trust, promote the construction of the tunnel plan in the future is still possible. But such a goal to achieve in the short term is unlikely. |
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