China has announced that it will sanction five US military manufacturers in response to the latest round of American arms sales to Taiwan. The companies to be sanctioned are BAE Systems Land and Armaments, Alliant Techsystems Operations, AeroVironment, Viasat and Data Link Solutions. China will freeze the assets of these companies and ban people or organizations in China from engaging them.
US arms sales to Taiwan are a frequent source of tension between Washington and Beijing. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its territory, a claim Taiwan’s government rejects.
The US State Department last month approved a $300 million sale of equipment to help maintain Taiwan’s tactical information systems.
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