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WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- China has reiterated its staunch opposition to Washington's planned deployment of an advanced missile defense system in South Korea.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong on Thursday conveyed the message to his counterpart, Rose Gottemoeller, in an arms control dialogue in Washington.
The United States began to plan the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system in South Korea after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched in early February a rocket, which was seen as a long-range ballistic missile launch.
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