August 31, 2023

The US intends to keep creating the tension of the Taiwan question to provoke China rather than to ease the tension, analysts said on Thursday, as US President Joe Biden's administration has approved a military transfer to the island of Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing, or FMF, which is normally used for sovereign states.

A notification sent to the US Congress, seen by Reuters, informed congressional committees of the US State Department's intention to obligate up to $80 million of FMF funds in support of Taiwan. 

"This violates the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 Communiqué," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a routine press conference on Thursday.

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