At the weekly press conference in Beijing on May 18,  Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian in reply to a question said China has repeatedly expressed its serious concerns about the US military’s use of overseas laboratories to engage in biological militarization activities. The Global Times report (May 19) added that citizen groups in Busan, South Korea, have reportedly been staging protests to demand the closure of the US military’s biological and chemical laboratory in the port of Busan, and the removal of biological and chemical weapons from the country. It said local media reports have exposed the US military’s shipment of biological warfare agents to South Korea, and have criticized the military for concealing the truth.