China threatens sanctions on US firms linked to Taiwan warplanes sale
model F-16s in a military drill in Taiwan in May 2019 (AFP Photo/Sam YEH)/ China on Wednesday blasted a huge planned US arms shipment to self-ruled Taiwan and threatened to sanction firms involved in the sale of F-16 fighter jets. The US State Department on Tuesday approved the transfer of 66 Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan in a US$8 billion deal, following another huge military hardware sale agreed just last month. The deals come as ties between Washington and Beijing are already strained by a punitive multi-billion ...
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