China has demanded that the United States ‘immediately cancel’ a proposed $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan, including battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang says the proposed deal is a ‘crude interference’ in Chinese internal affairs and urged the US to stop military relations with Taiwan to avoid further damaging China-US relations and harming peace and stability in the region.
Washington has mostly avoided large arms sales to Taiwan in recent years seeking to avoid angering Beijing, but US President Donald Trump has recently sought to strengthen ties with Taiwan amid an ongoing trade dispute with China.