The US is expected to announce within days a new arms deal for Taiwan, carefully timing the release of the long-expected decision to minimise damage to Washington’s delicately balanced ties with Beijing.
The administration has briefed Congress that the US will offer to refurbish the F-16 jets sold to Taiwan in 1992 but will not sell the island the latest model of the fighter planes, as some in Washington and Taipei have pushed for.
The announcement has been slotted into the busy Sino-US diplomatic calendar, coming after vice-president Joe Biden’s recent trip to China and ahead of a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in November.
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