China vows 'countermeasures' after $2 billion US arms sale to Taiwan

Beijing — 

China volition instrumentality "countermeasures" to support its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the authorities said, lambasting a $2 cardinal arms merchantability bundle by the United States to Taiwan.

The United States is bound by instrumentality to supply Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to support itself contempt the deficiency of ceremonial diplomatic ties, to the changeless choler of Beijing.

On Friday, the Pentagon said the United States had approved a imaginable $2 cardinal arms merchantability bundle to Taiwan, including the transportation for the archetypal clip to the land of an precocious aerial defence rocket strategy battle-tested successful Ukraine.

The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the caller merchantability consisted of $1.16 cardinal successful rocket systems and radar systems worthy an estimated $828 million. The main contractor for the rocket strategy volition beryllium RTX Corp, the Pentagon said.

"This projected merchantability serves U.S. national, economical and information interests by supporting the recipient's continuing efforts to modernize its equipped forces and to support a credible antiaircraft capability," it said successful a statement.

"The projected merchantability volition assistance amended the information of the recipient and assistance successful maintaining governmental stability, subject balance, and economical advancement successful the region."

In a connection precocious Saturday, China's overseas ministry said it powerfully condemns and firmly opposes the income and has lodged "solemn representations" with the United States.

China urges the United States to instantly halt arming Taiwan and halt its unsafe moves that undermine bid and stableness successful the Taiwan Strait, it added.

"China volition instrumentality resolute countermeasures and instrumentality each measures indispensable to firmly support nationalist sovereignty, information and territorial integrity," the ministry said, without elaborating.

China has implicit the past 5 years stepped up its subject activities astir democratically governed Taiwan, whose authorities rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, including staging a caller circular of warfare games earlier this month.

Taiwan's authorities has welcomed the caller arms sale, the 17th of the Biden medication to the island.

"In the look of China's threats, Taiwan is duty-bound to support its homeland and volition proceed to show its determination to support itself," Taiwan's overseas ministry said, responding to the arms sale.