The strong line from Major General Qian Lihua, director of the ministry's foreign affairs office, suggests the Chinese military is determined to ensure that the US pays a price for a decision last month to sell Taipei arms, including Patriot air defence missiles, Apache helicopters and F-16 spare parts.
China cancelled a series of military exchanges with the Pentagon after the decision by the outgoing administration of George W. Bush to approve the long-delayed sale, setting back a fragile warming of relations be-tween the US military and China's People's Liberation Army.
“The US government and military have used the Taiwan issue to . . . ‘needle' China,” Maj Gen Qian said.
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