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Washington and Seoul have begun deploying a controversial US missile shield on South Korean soil, in a move that has outraged China and raised tensions in a region put on edge by North Korean belligerence. 华盛顿和首尔方面已经开始在韩国领土上部署有争议的美国反导弹系统，此举激怒了中国，加剧了因朝鲜挑衅本已紧张的地区局势。 The US and South Korea had been planning to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) system by the end of the year, but they said that installation had started on Monday after North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. 美国和韩国本来计划在年底之前部署“末段高空区域防御系统”（THAAD，中文简称：萨德），但在朝鲜向日本海发射4枚弹道导弹之后，两国宣布已经于本周一启动了安装工作。 | 
