US, China standoff
Published:Tuesday | October 7, 2008 | 11:41 AM
China has cancelled military and diplomatic exchanges with the United States in protest at a US$6.5 billion deal to supply Taiwan with arms.
The US defence department says a number of senior level visits and military-to-military exchanges due before November would not go ahead.
The sales to Taiwan include advanced interceptor missiles, Apache helicopters and submarine-launched missiles.
China regards Taiwan as its territory and opposes US military support.