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China threatens reaction after US announces arms sales to Taiwan

The guided-missile cruiser Antietam in the Taiwan Strait on Aug 28, 2022. (US Navy via The New York Times photo)

HONG KONG: China threatened over the weekend to take countermeasures after the Biden administration approved the sale of more than $1.1 billion worth of arms to Taiwan.

A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said the sale of military equipment to Taiwan, designed to repel a seaborne invasion from China, would “severely jeopardise China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”

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