Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the announcement at a daily news briefing.
China's foreign ministry had said earlier on Friday that the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence, or THAAD, anti-missile system, will harm regional peace and stability and do nothing to help denuclearize the Korean peninsula. (Reporting By Ben Blanchard. Editing by Bill Tarrant.)China summons U.S., South Korean ambassadors over missile plans
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