China objects to South Korea's K9 export to Saudi Arabia. The reason the Saudi royal family's bomb remarks caused surprise. Minister Wang Yi: South Korea shouldn't follow China. If this continues, the Middle East will collapse, including the UAE and Iraq.

Chinese state media are boasting that the era of China leading the global defense market is near, and shouting that many countries should adopt China's high-performance, economical weapon systems without hesitation to secure their national security. However, despite this, China wants to achieve many defense exports because its economy is struggling. In reality, China is very bothered by South Korea selling many weapons in neighboring countries, and is especially nervous because a self-propelled artillery duel is about to occur on the border between Pakistan and India. China's demands are intensifying, but the situation in neighboring countries is the exact opposite of what China expected. First, China, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea's K9: South Korea followed China's way. It seems China has started seriously criticizing South Korea's defense industry recently. Furthermore, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi reportedly became very wary and shouted after seeing the very recent situation. He is said to have vented his frustration, claiming that the flexibility shown by South Korea's defense industry was originally something China excelled at, but it has been taken away. Let's look at what China saw that made it angry about South Korea's leading defense industry. First, since the beginning of this year, China has felt a crisis seeing the K9 self-propelled howitzer spreading globally more than expected. According to the British military expert organization Janes, South Korea's K9 is expected to maintain the number one global market share. The reason China is wary of the K9 is something even South Korea didn't anticipate. China was paying close attention to a decisive event that occurred early this year regarding the K9: the high possibility that Saudi Arabia would order the South Korean K9 within this year. From South Korea's perspective, one might wonder what Saudi Arabia's K9 has to do with China. However, China tends to hide its true intentions, sense crises faster than others, and act preemptively. Internally in China, the K9 is considered a risk factor, and this became a major controversy related to Saudi Arabia.