China urges US to cancel proposed arms sales to Taiwan | The Straits Times

BEIJING (XINHUA, AFP) – China said on Wednesday (April 6) that it is firmly opposed to and strongly condemns the proposed US arms sales to Taiwan worth US$95 million (S$129 million), urging the US to withdraw its plan. “The US arms sales to the Taiwan region of China seriously violate the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiques, especially the Aug 17 Communique, gravely undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests, and severely harm China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press briefing. “The US…