China is South Korea's largest trading partner and accounts for one quarter of its exports. It is also a key market for popular South Korean entertainment exports like K-pop and K-dramas, which seem to be the initial targets of a gathering anti-THAAD backlash in China. In any conflict between China and the United States, "South Korea will inevitably be the first target," the newspaper said. Anti-war activists protest against the planned deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system outside South Korea's defence ministry in Seoul on July 8, 2016. Residents say the system's powerful radar poses health and environmental hazards and argue that its presence will make them a key military target.

Source: Thanhnien News August 05, 2016 09:33 UTC