Arms deal
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A Chinese military spokesperson on Tuesday condemned Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for courting the United States to buy weapons, saying they are only wasting the hard-earned money of people in the region. Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks when commenting on media reports about an accusation…
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Rishi Sunak has defended the UK’s decision not to suspend arms sales to Israel, saying “none of our closest allies” have done so. The British prime minister said the UK has a “long-established process” relating to the arms export regime and “we review these things regularly”. “That’s led to no change. Actually none of our…
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US arms sales reached a record $238bn (£188bn) last year, new figures show, fuelled in part by demand over the war in Ukraine. Washington directly negotiated $80.9bn (£63.8bn) in sales with foreign governments in 2023 – a 56% increase from the previous year. The rest were direct sales by US firms to foreign nations, according…
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The Biden administration is in talks with Vietnam over an agreement for the largest arms transfer in history between the ex-Cold War adversaries, according to two people familiar with a deal that could irk China and side-line Russia. A package, which could come together within the next year, could consummate the newly upgraded partnership between…
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Washington is expected to provide Taiwan with training and equipment to support its Patriot air defense systems. The US State Department has greenlit a potential deal that would see the US providing Taiwan with equipment and relevant training to support its Patriot air defense systems, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency told the media on…
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China will sanction the American companies who have participated in the sale of arms to Taiwan in order to help safeguard national interests, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday. Geng’s comments came after the United States earlier announced a plan to sell 2.22 billion U.S. dollars worth of weapons to Taiwan. The…
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What’s the background? After World War II, China went through a civil war. This ended with the communist forces of Mao Zedong forcing the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek to retreat to Taiwan in 1949. Chiang and his supporters took over the island and set up a dictatorship. Since then, Taiwan has claimed its independence…
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