Beijing: China has announced fresh sanctions on 20 US defence firms, including a Boeing branch, over Washington's latest arms sales to Taiwan, the island Beijing claims. Taipei said this month that Washington had approved $11 billion in defence sales in what would be one of the largest weapons packages for the island. China criticised the deal and announced new sanctions on Friday against Boeing's defence manufacturing outpost in St. Louis, aerospace giant Northrop Grumman and others. The arms sales "violate the one-China principle... seriously damaging China's sovereignty and territorial integrity", Beijing's foreign ministry said. Boeing and Northrop Grumman did not respond to AFP's requests for comment.

Source: Indian Express December 27, 2025 17:30 UTC