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China Halts US Nuclear Arms Talks Over Taiwan Support

China Halts US Nuclear Arms Talks Over Taiwan Support

Above: US-China diplomats meet in the Great Hall of the People on July 18, 2023 in Beijing, China. Image copyright: Florence Lo/Pool/Getty Images News via Getty Images

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  • 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.

  • 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."

  • 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."


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