China Threatens Retaliation Over U.S. Arms Sale to Taiwan Bloomberg News
August 21, 2019, 11:20 PM GMT+12
Trump administration approves $8 billion in advanced jets
China says will take ‘necessary measures’ to defend interests
China vowed retaliation against a proposed $8 billion U.S. sale of advanced fighter jets to Taiwan, threatening to impose sanctions on American firms participating in such a deal.
“China will take all necessary measures to defend its own interests, including imposing sanctions on the U.S. companies involved in the arm sales,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a Wednesday briefing in Beijing. “They constitute severe interference in China’s internal affairs and undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests.”
