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US approves potential $1.1bn weapons sale to Taiwan

Taiwan air force crew members load an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile on an F-5 fighter jet at an airbase in Taitung, Taiwan in 2018 [File: Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

The United States approved the potential sale of $1.1bn in weapons to Taiwan in a move likely worsen already heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing.

The announcement came as two Chinese fighter jets on Saturday crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which normally serves as an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan’s defence ministry said.

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