Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Jianchao's Remarks on the US Government's Decision to Sell Weapons to Taiwan

On October 3rd, in disregard of China's repeated solemn representations, the U.S. Government informed the Congress of its decision to sell US$6.463 billion weapons to Taiwan, including Patriot III anti-missile system, E-2T airborne early warning aircraft upgrade system, and Apache helicopters.

The Chinese Government and people firmly oppose and condemn the US move, which will severely undermine China's interest and Sino-US relations.

Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei has been ordered to summon the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in China to raise strong protest to the US side.

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