China Calls on U.S. to Immediately Stop Military Contact With Taiwan

China has strongly objected to a potential sale of arms by the United States to Taiwan, urging the U.S. to immediately stop its military contact with the island. A report said recently that Joe Biden planned to propose the sale of a $1.1 billion weapons package to Taipei that includes 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles. On Tuesday, Chinese spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, Senior Colonel Tan Kefei strongly condemned U.S. military contact with Taipei, vowing that the Chinese military forces would take strong measures to safeguard Beijing’s interests. “The U.S. arms sales to China’s Taiwan region…