On September 2, 2022, the United States government announced its proposal made up of three contracts roughly around $1.1 billion for supplying arms and technical services to Taiwan. As a result of this increased military aid to Taiwan, China is urging the US to stop providing Taiwan with weapons. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on September 5 that such actions threaten to increase tensions in the Taiwan Strait. “The Chinese side insists that the United States abide by our bilateral agreements and stop supplying weapons to Taiwan and conducting military exercises involving Taipei,” Mao said at a news...