RawStory.com: Beijing sanctions US defense firms, freezes arms control talks

Posted on January 30, 2010
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China said Saturday it was suspending military exchanges and security talks with Washington and would impose sanctions on US firms involved in a 6.4 billion-dollar deal to sell arms to Taiwan.

A statement from the foreign ministry a day after Washington approved the sale said Beijing would also halt high level talks on arms control and non-proliferation.

“Cooperation between China and the US on key international and regional issues will also inevitably be affected,” the ministry said.

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