China opposes "determination and is strongly dissatisfied" with the latest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, announcing the adoption of countermeasures against the companies involved. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin commented on the recent approval by the US of $300 million in support for tactical information systems. The Pentagon said Friday that the State Department had approved, less than a month before Taiwan's presidential election, the operation to equip the island to help keep its information systems "sensitive."
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