US arms sales to China’s Taiwan region opposed

BEIJING: A Chinese defense ministry spokesman on Wednesday expressed China’s strong dissatisfaction with and firm opposition to U.S. arms sales to China’s Taiwan region.
Spokesman Wu Qian made the comments after a U.S. statement said the U.S. State Department had approved a request to provide the recertification package for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles to Taiwan for an estimated cost of 620 million U.S. dollars. – Agencies