The latest spat between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies threatens to add to a litany of other issues straining ties, including the value of China's currency, trade protectionism and Internet freedoms.
The official China Daily said U.S. weapons sales to the self-ruled and democratic island "inevitably casts a long shadow on Sino-US relations."
"China's response, no matter how vehement, is justified. No country worthy of respect can sit idle while its national security is endangered and core interests damaged," it said in an editorial.
"The U.S. decision not only runs counter to the common dream of pursuing development and cooperation among the people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, but also exposes the U.S.' usage of double standards and hypocrisy on major issues related to China's core interests."
The United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, recognizing "one China." But it remains Taiwan's biggest ally and is obliged by the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act to help in the island's defense.
Beijing considers Taiwan a breakaway province. Reflecting the intense emotions over the issue, Chinese Internet users vented anger with calls to boycott top U.S. exporter Boeing and other companies supplying weapon systems for the arms sales.
China has for years opposed U.S. defense sales to Taiwan. For the first time, however, Beijing sought to pressure the United States by punishing those private companies whose arms are involved in the Taiwan deals.
Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily said in a commentary that the arms sales showed Washington's "rude and unreasonable Cold War thinking."
Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6100C720100201
The official China Daily said U.S. weapons sales to the self-ruled and democratic island "inevitably casts a long shadow on Sino-US relations."
"China's response, no matter how vehement, is justified. No country worthy of respect can sit idle while its national security is endangered and core interests damaged," it said in an editorial.
"The U.S. decision not only runs counter to the common dream of pursuing development and cooperation among the people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, but also exposes the U.S.' usage of double standards and hypocrisy on major issues related to China's core interests."
The United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, recognizing "one China." But it remains Taiwan's biggest ally and is obliged by the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act to help in the island's defense.
Beijing considers Taiwan a breakaway province. Reflecting the intense emotions over the issue, Chinese Internet users vented anger with calls to boycott top U.S. exporter Boeing and other companies supplying weapon systems for the arms sales.
China has for years opposed U.S. defense sales to Taiwan. For the first time, however, Beijing sought to pressure the United States by punishing those private companies whose arms are involved in the Taiwan deals.
Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily said in a commentary that the arms sales showed Washington's "rude and unreasonable Cold War thinking."
Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6100C720100201
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