The United States on Monday said it had approved a $2.4 billion sale of 100 Harpoon coastal defense systems to Taiwan, defying Beijing’s anger over a $1 billion missile deal last week. The announcement came just hours after Beijing said it would sanction US firms involved in an earlier arms ...
China said Monday it would impose sanctions on Lockheed Martin, a Boeing defense division and other US firms involved in arms sales to Taiwan, the self-governed island that Beijing views as its territory. The two US giants were involved in a recent sale of nearly $2 billion worth of missiles ...