China warns US

China has expressed its outrage over a proposed US weapons sale to Taiwan, worth $6.4bn , including helicopters and missiles.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said the move would have a "serious negative impact" on co-operation between the US and China.
Ties between China and the US are already strained by rows over trade and internet censorship.
Beijing considers Taiwan a breakaway province of China.

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Taiwan split from China at the end of the country's civil war in 1949.
Beijing has hundreds of missiles pointed at the island and has threatened in the past to use force to bring it under its control.