China to U.S.: defending against North Korea will only make them more pissed off:
Hong Kong (CNN) -- The United States' plans to beef up its missile defenses against North Korea are likely to inflame tensions that are running high over Pyongyang's nuclear program, China said Monday.
"Bolstering missile defenses will only intensify antagonism, and it doesn't help to solve the issue," Hong Lei, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular news briefing in Beijing.
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This is like telling a kid who's getting beat up at school that putting up his hands to ward off the blows will only make things worse.
But in a way China is right -- removing the threat would be much more effective than positioning interceptors to stop the missiles once launched.
Wonder what they'll say when that happens.
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