China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Beijing. File photoBEJING, Feb. 8 The US should cancel a $100 million arms deal with Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing on Tuesday. 
Taiwan condemned Russia's statement in support of the «One China» principle»China strongly protests and condemns these actions,» Zhao Lijian said. «The United States should withdraw this proposal immediately,» he added. According to Zhao Lijian, the US arms sale to Taiwan seriously violates the «One China» principle, seriously harms Sino-US relations, world peace and stability, and undermines sovereignty and China's security interests. «China will certainly take the necessary and effective measures to protect its sovereignty and ensure security,» he added. Chinese Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek moved to Taiwan. Business and informal contacts between the island and mainland China resumed in the late 1980s. Since the early 1990s, the parties began to contact through non-governmental organizations — the Beijing Association for the Development of Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Taipei Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation. predicted «certain events» around Taiwan after the Beijing Olympics
