TAIPEI/BEIJING -- China urged the U.S. on Tuesday to cancel a planned $2.2 billion sale of arms to Taiwan, adding a new wrinkle to the trade tensions between the two countries following a truce reached at the end of last month.
The U.S. should "immediately withdraw ... arms sales to and sever military ties with Taiwan to avoid further damage to bilateral relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said. He cited the "One China" principle as well as joint communiques inked with Washington.
