China Calls On US To Scrap Taiwan Weapons Deal

China Calls On US To Scrap Taiwan Weapons Deal (NSI News Source Info) BEIJING - December 8, 2008: China's defence minister called on the United States on Monday to drop a planned weapons sale to Taiwan, saying it threatened Sino-US defence cooperation, state media reported.

Minister Liang Guanglie also called on Washington to cease all military ties with Taiwan, during a meeting in Beijing with the visiting former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Myers, local news agency said.

"The US arms sale to Taiwan has poisoned the sound atmosphere of bilateral military relations and endangered China's national security," Liang was quoted as telling Myers.