BEIJING (AFP): China warned that a USD 5.85 billion deal announced Thursday to upgrade Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets would damage Sino-US relations.
Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Zhijun was instructed to summon US ambassador to China Gary Locke and lodge a strong protest, China’s official Xinhua news agency said.
“The wrongdoing by the US side will inevitably undermine bilateral relations as well as exchanges and cooperation in military and security areas,” said Zhang.
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