Beijing has said the deal would represent a 'gross interference' in China's domestic security.
Mainland China refuses diplomatic relations with any country that recognizes Taiwan as a sovereign state.US-made M60 A3 tanks are fired during a life-fire drill on May 25, 2017.China has asked the U.S. to cancel any planned arms sale to Taiwan, accusing Washington of interfering in domestic Chinese affairs.
Added to that historical tension, the military sale comes at a time when relations between Washington and Beijing are at a particularly low ebb due to the ongoing trade war. Geng added that China had already lodged formal complaints opposing any sale through "diplomatic channels, "and urged Washington that to avoid to disrupting stability in the Taiwan Strait, it must "immediately cancel the planned arms sale and stop military relations with Taipei."
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