cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/556545
US Announces $345 Million in Unprecedented Military Aid for Taiwan
US OKs First-Ever Foreign Military Financing Arms Package for Taiwan
“This severely violates the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-U.S. joint communiques,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters in Beijing on Thursday. “China deplores and firmly opposes it.”
In explaining the change, two U.S. officials said: “The United States has provided Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Taiwan for years. FMF simply enables eligible partner nations to purchase U.S. defense articles, services, and training through either FMS or, for a limited number of countries, through the foreign military financing of direct commercial contracts (FMF/DCC) program.” The officials were not authorized to comment publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.
“In the face of increasingly aggressive People’s Republic of China military actions in the (Taiwan) Strait, the United States must move quickly to provide support for Taiwan’s defense,” said Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
I can’t believe people in this thread are actually advocating for more weaponisation and war. However, even if something does spark, it will be the west that suffers. How will the US get all if their fancy phones when TSMC foundries get flattened?
I am learning more each day that lemmy is not “left leaning” as most people claim.
They seem to be pro-war and pro status quo and much more.
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Cry more.