China warns of 'counter-measures' as US approves $1.1bn arms sales to Taiwan

China is fast becoming a problem. They have their effing fingers in every pie. The US will go ahead with the arms sale to Taiwan. The question is how China will respond. I see a shit storm brewing...


China has warned the United States it will take "counter-measures" after the Biden administration approved more than $1.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan.

Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said Saturday China was "firmly opposed" to the sales, which "severely jeopardize China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," and called on Washington to "immediately revoke" them.

Liu's comments on Twitter came after the Biden administration on Friday formally notified Congress of the proposed sales, which include up to 60 anti-ship missiles and up to 100 air-to-air missiles.

The State Department said the sales are in line with a longstanding US policy of providing defensive weapons to the island and described the "swift provision" of such arms as being "essential for Taiwan's security."

China, however, has accused the US of interfering in what it sees as its internal affairs.

China's Communist Party claims Taiwan, a self-governing democracy, as part of its territory -- despite never having governed it -- and has long vowed to "reunify" the island with the Chinese mainland, by force if necessary.

"The US interferes in China's internal affairs and undermines China's sovereignty and security interests by selling arms to Taiwan," Liu tweeted.

"It sends the wrong signals to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces and severely jeopardizes China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," Liu said.

He called on the US to "honor its commitments to the one-China principle" and ended his series of tweets by saying Taiwan is "an inalienable part of the Chinese territory" and warned China will "resolutely take legitimate and necessary counter-measures."