US arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security: China


U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt China’s national security, its foreign minister said, escalating the rhetoric in a dispute threatening to deepen rifts between the world’s biggest and third-biggest economies.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was the latest and most senior official to denounce the arms sale plan Washington announced on…

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