China Warns US It Will Respond to Latest Taiwan Weapons Sales
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China said it filed a diplomatic complaint with the US and reserved the right to retaliate after the latest American weapons sales to Taiwan, escalating tensions in their dispute over the archipelago.
“China will resolutely respond and take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity,” the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said in a statement late Saturday, following US approval of about $2 billion of military sales to Taiwan.