The Facts

• The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday China's decision to suspend a new round of negotiations with the US on arms control and nuclear proliferation in protest over Washington's arms sales to self-ruled Taiwan.The PRC's foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that Beijing had suspended a new round of negotiations with the US on arms control and nuclear proliferation over Washington's arms sales to Taiwan.

• According to Beijing, recent and repeated US weapons sales to the island China considers part of its territory is seriously undermining "the political atmosphere for continuing the arms-control consultations."The ministry said that repeated US weapons sales to the island China considers part of its territory is seriously undermining "the political atmosphere for continuing the arms-control consultations."

• The Foreign Ministry further argued that continued US arms sales to Taiwan and a series of "negative" actions by the US - Taiwan's main ally and biggest arms supplier - seriously harm "China's core interests and undermine political mutual trust."It added that continued arms sales to Taiwan and a series of "negative" actions by the US — Taiwan's biggest arms supplier — seriously harm "China's core interests and undermine political mutual trust."