When Coercion Fails, Then What? An Analysis of Chinese Balancing Responses to THAAD Deployment in the Republic of Korea Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Chinese Government strongly opposed the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system and repeatedly warned the ROK Government not to let United States Forces Korea (USFK) deploy it. The US and the ROK announced the deployment in July 2016, and the PRC reacted quickly and strongly with diplomatic protest and economic coercive measures. As deployment plans progressed, Beijing curtailed ...