China urges US to stop 'dangerous act' over Taiwan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on Thursday said the United States should immediately stop its dangerous act of arming Taiwan, following Washington's decision to sell US$10 billion worth of weapons to the island. Speaking at a regular news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the US had brazenly announced the plan to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan, which seriously violated the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués. Guo added the US move severely undermined China's sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity while seriously disrupting peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sending a gravely erroneous signal to separatist forces. (Xinhua)