China Says US Arms Sales to Taiwan 'Speeding up Threat of War'
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China on Thursday again strongly criticized the latest deal to sell US arms to Taiwan, a move Beijing says accelerates the threat of war in the Taiwan Strait, Reuters reported, citing the Chinese Ministry of Defense.
China’s Ministry of Defense accused the U.S. on Thursday of having “accelerated progress towards a dangerous war situation” in the Taiwan Strait, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026, which includes an expansion of arms sales to Taipei. Military spokesman Zhang Xiaogang stated this Thursday, at the monthly press conference of the Ministry of Defense, that the content of the U.S. Tai…
Statements take place at a time when there is growing friction between China and the United States, as Washington strengthens political and military support for Taipei.
The arms deal between the United States and Taiwan is accelerating the threat of war in Taiwan, according to Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, as quoted by Reuters. The military official criticized last week's agreement, under which Taiwan will buy more than $11 billion worth of weapons from the United States, and called on the island's government to withdraw from the deal.
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