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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said this "would complicate the regional stability situation".
The deal comes as a Syrian group says 470,000 have been killed in the five-year conflict.
Beijing has urged participants in Syrian peace talks to show goodwill.
The World Health Organization has declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency.
Official relations between the world’s two fastest growing economies have come a long way since the two fought a brief border war in 1962.
While condemning Pyongyang's satellite launch, Beijing is also opposed to the deployment of US anti-missile weapons in South Korea.
South Africa-China trade jumped by 32 per cent between 2012 from R205 billion to R270 billion in 2013, making China the country’s largest trading partner.
Rescue operations are focusing on destroyed or partially collapsed buildings.
UN workers said last month they have seen starving people and malnourished children in two besieged Syrian areas.
The Communist Party has ruled the country since 1949.
