China today strongly criticized the US decision to sell arms to Taiwan, saying the sale should be canceled to avoid damaging relations between Taipei and Beijing.
A spokesman for China's Taiwan Relations Office, Ma Xiaoguang, told reporters that China opposes any arms sales to the island, which it considers its territory.
Ma said that Taiwan should respect the relations between the two sides, which have been steadily progressing for the past few years, especially since the meeting of their leaders in November, the first since Taiwan broke away from China in 1949.
As previously reported, the administration of US President Barack Obama is planning the first arms sale to Taiwan in four years.
AP reminds that the US has been the primary supplier to Taiwan's armed forces for years.
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