An extract. >China Protests US Arms Sales to Taiwan > >The Chinese side urges the US to earnestly follow the three Sino-US joint >communiqu��s and the relevant commitments, and abandon the planned arms sales >to Taiwan, said Friday Sun Xuxi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman. > >"Otherwise, the US side should bear the serious consequences arising >therefrom," he added. > >It has been reported that the US defense department informed the congress that >it will sell Taiwan 1.3-billion-dollar weapons, which include supersonic >medium-ranged space-to-space missiles. > >Commenting on the report, Sun said that the US, regardless of China's solemn >representation, will flagrantly sell a large number of advanced weapons to >Taiwan, adding that the Chinese Foreign Ministry has lodged a strong protest >to the US government. > >Sun emphasized that the actions of the US have seriously violated the >principles of the three Sino-US joint communiques, especially that of the >"August 17" Joint Communique, infringing China's sovereignty and interfering >in China's internal affairs. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
