Arms sale to Taiwan risks icy US-China relations

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Cheryl Sullivan

July 18, 1983

Washington

The United States, risking the possibility of angering China at a time when relations are warming, is proposing the third-largest sale of arms ever made to Taiwan. Congress has 30 days to block the $530 million sale, but little opposition is expected.