State Councilor Yang Jiechi made the remarks at the opening of a second day of meetings between Chinese officials and special envoy Lee Hae-chan, a former South Korean prime minister. Lee said South Korean President Moon Jae-In had dispatched him to China to keep communications open between the two countries "at a critical time." It has retaliated against Seoul by suspending visits to South Korea by Chinese tour groups and trips to China by South Korean entertainers. South Korean businesses have faced boycotts, especially the retail group Lotte which provided the land on which the system is being constructed. Although he has sometimes criticized the THAAD deployment, Moon has not said he will remove it.

Source: The China Post May 19, 2017 06:11 UTC