A Chinese newspaper has claimed that President Moon Jae-in’s proposal for South Korea, U.S. and China to hold talks over the deployment of THAAD on the Korean Peninsula is aimed at placating anti-THAAD sentiment within South Korea.
 
The Global Times, a sister paper of the Communist Party’s official newspaper the People's Daily, made the claim in a report released on Thursday.
 
The paper reported about anti-THAAD rallies held in Seoul earlier on Independence Day on Tuesday, stressing that there is strong opposition within South Korea to the installment of the antimissile defense system.
 
In early July, President Moon proposed holding the three-way meeting to address the THAAD issue during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit held in Germany.
 
The paper’s latest story appears to be expressing China’s virtual rejection to Moon’s proposal.
 
 

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