China Urges US to Fully Explain Missile Defense System Deployment
2016-02-27 09:22:18 source:China Daily
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talks about China-US relations and China's economic development in the Statemen's Forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday. During his US visit, which began on Monday and ended on Thursday, Wang met with US President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and other top US government and opinion leaders, and discussed important bilateral, regional and global issues.
February 26, 2016
"Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said 'a convincing explanation must be provided to China' and 'legitimate national interests must be upheld in the process' as the United States looks set to deploy the THAAD missile defense system in the Republic of Korea.
When addressing the Washington-based think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Thursday, Wang noted that the X-band radar associated with the THAAD system has a radius that 'reaches into the interior of China'.
The X-band radar is known to locate missiles as far off as 2,000 km, encompassing areas in China and Russia that border the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."
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