Title:

 China Protests Sale of U.S. Arms to Taiwan

Author:

Michael Forsythe

Source:

The New York Times

Date:

December 17, 2015

Description:

The Obama administration’s announcement that it would sell $1.83 billion worth of arms to Taiwan, including two warships and antitank missiles, has drawn a swift rebuke from China, which threatened to penalize the companies that made the armaments and summoned a United States diplomat to register an official protest.