BEIJING: China has banned the senior executives of two United States defence companies from entering the country and frozen their properties in response to their arms sales to Taiwan, the foreign ministry said on Thursday (Apr 11).
The US and China flags at the People's Bank of China prior to the arrival of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to the central bank's headquarters in Beijing
The measures effective from Thursday were against General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, which manufactures unmanned aerial systems, and military vehicle maker General Dynamics Land Systems, a unit of General Dynamics. "The continued sale of arms by the US to China's Taiwan region is a serious violation of the one-China principle and the provisions of the three joint communiqués of the US and China," it said.
Taiwan said its annual war games this year will practice"kill" zones at sea to break a blockade and simulate repelling a Chinese drill around the island that turns into an actual attack.
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