China sanctions two US defence firms for selling Taiwan weapons

Beijing: The foreign ministry announced on Thursday ( Apr 11 ) that China has prohibited the senior executives of two US defense companies from entering the country and frozen their properties in response to their arms sales to Taiwan.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, a company that produces unmanned aerial methods, and General Dynamics Land Systems, a division of General Dynamics, were the targets of the steps successful from Thursday.

China said the arms income” really impede” with its domestic politics and “damage” China’s sovereignty and territorial dignity.

The US’s continued sale of wings to China’s Taiwan area is a grave violation of the one-China process and the terms of the US and China’s three mutual communiqués, it said.

China announced that it has froze the companies ‘ components there and barred their senior executives from entering.

Both businesses did not respond to a post demand right away.