Here is the latest retaliation from the Chinese for the deployment of the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea:
A notice instructing Chinese tourists how to fill in disembarkation cards is posted Friday in the arrival hall of Incheon International Airport. China’s government ordered travel agencies to stop selling packaged tours to Korea starting March 15 as retaliation for the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in Korea. [YONHAP]China’s government ordered travel agencies to stop selling tour packages to Korea starting March 15 in the latest retaliation against the deployment of a U.S.-operated anti-missile system in Korea.
Under the ban, all travel agencies in China will be barred from selling travel packages to Korea, both group and individual, from March 15, a move certain to harm the local tourism industry.
It was reported that the China National Tourist Office summoned executives of travel agencies Thursday to a meeting at which the government instructed them to halt all tour packages to Korea to rebuff Seoul’s decision last July to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) anti-missile system. [Joong Ang Ilbo]
And at the same time, Trump is pressuring South Korea economically as well. Korea getting it from all sides, putting considerable strain on the Korean economy and standard of living. From South Korean point of view, this THAAD spat with China isn’t worth it, when there’s considerable economic threats coming from Washington.
Doug Gash
7 years ago
China backs and support the dictator Kim Chong Un without the help of the red Chinese North Korea would be powerless.Trump is asking for fair trade from South Korea and it’s not even close to being fair at this time. The red Chinese are mad because South Korea wants to implement a self defense program. The red communist are up to their low life tricks and lies once more.
And at the same time, Trump is pressuring South Korea economically as well. Korea getting it from all sides, putting considerable strain on the Korean economy and standard of living. From South Korean point of view, this THAAD spat with China isn’t worth it, when there’s considerable economic threats coming from Washington.
China backs and support the dictator Kim Chong Un without the help of the red Chinese North Korea would be powerless.Trump is asking for fair trade from South Korea and it’s not even close to being fair at this time. The red Chinese are mad because South Korea wants to implement a self defense program. The red communist are up to their low life tricks and lies once more.
@Tyson, I think the South Korean government is betting that once the THAAD is in place the whole thing with China will quietly blow over.
They have taken economic swipes at the ROK before such as the Great Garlic War and it eventually blows over.