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China's Defence Ministry said that the flexing of US military muscle in the name of freedom of navigation is the biggest threat to peace.
China exports rise for second month as overseas demand continues.
Putin will visit China later this summer.
China's economy stabilized last quarter and gathered pace in March as a surge in new credit spurred a property sector rebound.
The official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 53.5 in April.
Russia says the deployment of the advanced THAAD system could lead to an arms race in Asia.
Exports to China - Japan's largest trading partner - fell 7.1 per cent in March.
The South China Sea is one of the world’s most strategically important waterways and is exceedingly rich with minerals.
The US military carried out so called "freedom of navigation" operations against 13 countries in 2015.
China’s easing coal appetite has helped push prices in Asia to their lowest since 2006.
