TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Beijing has lodged a stern complaint with the U.S. government over a bill that would strengthen military ties between the United States and Taiwan, Reuters reported. The National Defense Authorization Act for the 2018 fiscal year, which the U.S. House passed Friday, supports expanded military exchanges with Taiwan and changes long-standing policy to allow U.S. Navy ships to make port calls here. "China has already lodged stern representations with the United States about this," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang was quoted as saying. "Negative content" in the bill was in violation of the "One China" principle, Lu added. The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate.

Source: The China Post July 17, 2017 10:07 UTC