Analyst: Taiwan's purchase of $330M U.S. arms package challenges China
Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Taiwan's purchase of weapons from the United States is becoming a critical issue for China, as ties between the world's two largest economies decline over a trade dispute and Europe is emerging as a challenger, a European analyst says.
Michal Thim, a Taiwan analyst with the Association for International Affairs in the Czech Republic, says the $330 million planned purchase of arms by Taiwan is providing Beijing another reason to forgo improving bilateral relations with Washington.
China has canceled a U.S. Navy warship visit to Hong Kong and talks with Pentagon officials.
The plan for the arms acquisition is smaller than a year ago. In June 2017 the United States agreed to sell a $1.4 billion arms package to Taiwan.
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