人民日报记者 万 宇
2月28日，韩国乐天集团同韩国防部正式签署“萨德”换地协议，同意把星州高尔夫球场地皮转让给国防部用于部署“萨德”反导系统。此举引发了中国国内民众的强烈不满。在一些社交媒体上，有中国网民自觉发起抵制乐天产品的活动。环球时报网络调查称，95.3%的受访者认为有必要对提供“萨德”部署用地的乐天集团进行制裁。
有网民在人民日报的法人微博下留言说“乐天支持自己国家也是应该的，那么我们抵制乐天也是应该的”。有网友还整理出了乐天集团在华出售的产品名单，呼吁“天猫和京东下架乐天食品”。该消息在短短两小时内得到了3000多个赞。其他的韩国商品也成为抵制的对象。
韩国影视剧在中国拥有广大粉丝群体，但韩国政府执意配合美国部署“萨德”反导系统的做法，引起了这些人的不满。一些韩国影视剧中文翻译团队自发停止工作。一些转播韩国影视节目的网站也下架了全部韩剧。另外，近期很多中国游客取消了赴韩旅游的行程。从不少中国网民发帖和留言可以看出，因“萨德”问题而不再赴韩国旅游，不再购买韩国汽车、手机和生活用品，有可能成为越来越多中国民众的共识和行动。
中国外交部发言人耿爽在28日的外交部例行记者会上再次申明了中国政府的立场，“我们对韩方罔顾中方利益关切，执意配合美方加紧推进‘萨德’反导系统部署进程表示坚决反对和强烈不满”。中方反对在韩部署“萨德”系统的意志是坚定的，将坚决采取必要措施维护自身安全利益。 “我们强烈敦促有关方面正视中方利益和关切，停止相关部署进程，不要在错误道路上越走越远。中方已经就有关最新事态两次向韩方提出了严正交涉。”
耿爽说，中方欢迎外国企业来华投资兴业并始终尊重和保护外国企业在华的合法权益。同时中方也强调，有关企业在华经营必须合法合规。外国企业在华经营成功与否，要由中国市场和中国消费者决定。
在韩国乐天总部反对部署“萨德”的韩国民众。人民日报记者 马菲摄
Chinese public boycott Lotte over land swap deal for THAAD deployment
By Wan Yu from People’s Daily
Lotte Group, ROK’s fifth-largest conglomerate, is now sitting in mounting anger from Chinese consumers after it agreed on a land swap deal to enable an early deployment of the US-backed missile shield system known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). Some Chinese public have launched boycott campaigns against the products made by Lotte on social media platforms.
The swap, which gives the ROK defense ministry the Lotte Skyhill Country Club in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province, for the deployment of the THAAD system, paves way for a speedy installation of the system by late June at the earliest.
A Global Times survey showed that 95.3 percent Chinese customers back a sanction against Lotte for the land deal.
“If Lotte has one reason to support its country’s decision, then we have every reason to boycott the company,” a netizen told the People’s Daily via microblog account.
Some net users have even sort out a list of the products the retail operator sold in China, calling for their off-shelf from domestic e-commerce platforms like “JD.com” and “tmall.com”. The suggestion received more than 3,000 likes in two hours, and other ROK-made products were implicated as well.
The TV plays are another victim of ROK government’s tough stance on THAAD deployment.
Some translation teams for Korean TV plays have stopped their work, and more TV plays and programs have been pulled off shelf by video websites.
In addition, more Chinese tourists canceled their ROK trips, or gave up plans to buy ROK-made cars, phones or daily necessities.
“We are firmly opposed to and strongly dissatisfied with the fact that ignoring China’s interests and concerns, the ROK insisted on working with the US to accelerate the deployment process,” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang reiterated China’s stance at the regular press conference Tuesday.
“China is firm in its resolve to oppose the deployment of THAAD in the ROK and will resolutely take necessary actions to safeguard its own security interests,” he said.
China strongly urges relevant parties to take China’s interests and concerns seriously, stop the deployment process and not to go further down that wrong path, he stressed, adding that China has twice lodged solemn representations with the ROK for the latest developments.
China welcomes foreign companies investing in the country and will always respect and protect their rights and interests, but their operation should be in compliance with laws and regulations, said Geng.
“Chinese market and consumers will determine whether a foreign company is successful in China,” Geng added at last.
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The ROK public are protesting against the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in front of the Lotte headquarters in Seoul, the ROK. (Photo by Ma Fei from People’s Daily)
