1965년 중화민국 주한대사관의 ‘관지매각’과 화교사회 — ‘7.19사건’의 발생 배경을 중심으로 —

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the occurrence of the 7/19 incident in 1965 in a historical context. This study first, looked at the process from the ‘embassy construction plan’ to ‘land sale’, which is the background of the case, and reviewed in the historical context, the process by which conflicts with the overseas Chinese society over land sale lead to radical acts of violence such as intrusion into the embassy. Together with the materials of the Overseas Chinese Newspaper by actively using materials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that have never been used before, this study managed to confirm the position of the embassy (Taiwan government), which was the party concerned to the land sale, and the inside story of the land sale. There had been several rumors of ‘land sale’ in the past, but the actual sale was never successful. Although the ‘land sale’ should not be carried out in secret, in May 1965, the embassy site of 1,000 pyeong was sold to Jeong Gyu seong (丁奎成), a Chinese Japanese in Japan, without the process of the sale being disclosed. The dark memories of the past about the ‘land sale’ became a catalyst, enough to explode the feelings of anger towards the ambassador (embassy). Through the 7/19 incident, the Korean Chinese society were able to prevent further land sales, and ambassador Liang xu-zhao (梁序昭) left an image of an incompetent ‘nation’s betrayer’. The embassy in Korea achieved its intended purpose of ‘constructing a modern embassy’, but it is difficult to assert that the experiences and memories of the past conflict in the ‘government office land’ will not have an impact on today’s overseas Chinese society.