Why Taiwan arms sales, in place for decades, will remain a source of US-China tensions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The United States, like most countries, does not recognise self-governed Taiwan as independent, but is opposed to any attempt to take the island by force.
57% : Photo: Taiwan Presidential Office via AP>Zhang Zhizhou, a professor at the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University, said Beijing was likely to view the sale as part of Washington's strategy to obstruct reunification efforts, and be spurred to step up its efforts towards achieving that goal.
41% : "The latest arms sale ... will inject negative energy into bilateral relations despite the fact that [both sides] have wanted to bring about a thaw or momentum of detente to the relationship after the Xi-Biden summit," Xin said.US arms sales to Taiwan have also long been a sore point, but did not take the centre stage in its relations with Beijing in the decades when mainland China remained focused on economic development.
30% : Dean Chen, a professor of political science at Ramapo College of New Jersey, compared the latest deal to those announced under Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump.

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