Earlier, US Congressmen from both sides of the aisle praised a proposed deal to sell a fleet of F-16 fighter jets worth $8 billion, justifying the move as a way to give the island a means to “deter” Beijing.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying has cautioned the US against selling F-16 fighters to Taiwan, noting that Beijing would respond to the move and that Washington would “have to bear all the consequences”.