United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with means to defend itself despite lack of formal diplomatic ties, to constant anger of Beijing

China will take "countermeasures" to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the government said, lambasting a $2 billion arms sale package by the United States to Taiwan.

BEIJING: China will take “countermeasures“ to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the government said, lambasting a $2 billion arms sale...

The United States has approved $2 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including the first-time delivery to the self-ruled island of an advanced surface-to-air missile defense system, in a move sure to anger China. Taiwan’s presidential office on Saturday thanked Washington for greenlighting the potential arms sales. Under the island's…

Arms sale announcement comes week after Chinese war games

The United States has approved $2 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including the delivery for the first time to the island of an advanced surface-to-air missile defense system.

TAIPEI: The United States has approved a potential US$2 billion arms sale package to Taiwan, the Pentagon said on Friday (Oct 25), including the delivery for the first time to the island of an advanced air defence missile system battle tested in Ukraine. The United States is bound by law to provide Ch