#China calls off arms control talks with #US over weapon sales to #Taiwan
Washington must respect Beijing’s core interests if communication is to continue, Chinese foreign ministry says.
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Whoops!
Hope we don’t end up in a nuclear war!
(jk I support nuclear war.)
China has suspended talks over arms control and nuclear proliferation with the US in protest against arms sales to Taiwan, the democratically governed island aligned with Washington that China claims as its own territory.
The decision, announced by China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday, halts the early nuclear-arms talks in a period of growing tensions between China and the US, with both US presidential candidates calling for increased trade restrictions and efforts to contain Chinese influence in east Asia.
The US is Taiwan’s main international partner and largest arms supplier. The House of Representatives in June approved $500m in foreign military financing for Taiwan to strengthen military deterrence against China, along with $2bn in loans and loan guarantees. The US also approved $300m in spare and repair parts for Taiwan’s F-16 fighter jets.
China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said that the US had continued to sell arms to Taiwan despite “strong Chinese opposition and repeated negotiations”.
Lin Jian
He added: “Consequently, the Chinese side has decided to hold off discussion with the US on a new round of consultations on arms control and nonproliferation. The responsibility fully lies with the US.”
Lin said China was willing to maintain communication on international arms control, but that the US “must respect China’s core interests and create necessary conditions for dialogue and exchange”.
Uncle Sam is a schoolyard bully.
But he’s been bullying the schoolyard for 80 years. After he went to middle school, high school, college, and so on, he just kept going to bully the elementary school kids.
Now he’s a 90-year-old man bullying 10-year-olds, and the 10-year-olds are starting to think they can probably just overwhelm the bastard.
✅ JD Vance doesn’t want to arm Ukraine for war with Russia.
❌ JD Vance DOES wants to arm ISRAEL & TAIWAN for war with China & the Middle East.
Another genocidal psychopath hellbent on WW3. pic.twitter.com/w5OTXLKOMq
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) July 16, 2024