Foreign Ministry strongly rebukes US arms sale to Taiwan


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Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian. [Photo/fmprc.gov.cn] China strongly condemns the United States' latest arms sale to Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday. The US State Department has approved a possible sale of ship parts and equipment worth about $120 million to the island, according to a statement issued by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Wednesday. The US has violated the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, especially the one issued on August 17, 1982 by selling weapons to Taiwan, Zhao said. The move has also undermined China's sovereignty and security interests, as well as...