China blasts US arms sale to Taiwan, President Lai’s visit to Hawaii
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Beijing lodges ‘serious protests’ with the US saying it ‘strongly condemns’ Taiwanese leader’s stopover in Hawaii, Guam.
China has pledged “resolute countermeasures” following the United States’ decision to approve more arms sales to Taiwan, just hours before the island’s President William Lai Ching-te made a transit through the state of Hawaii, which further angered Beijing.
In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the US arms sale to Taiwan sends “a wrong signal” to the island’s Taiwan independence forces and undermines US-China relations.
“China will closely follow the developments and take resolute and strong measures to defend our nation’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” it added.
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