China Says U.S. Aid To Taiwan Won’t Stop Unification

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has accused the United States of turning Taiwan into an “ammunition depot” after the White House announced a $345 million military aid package for Taipei. Taiwan said Sunday it tracked six Chinese navy ships in waters off its shores. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office issued a statement late Saturday opposing the military aid to the self-ruled island, which China claims as its own territory. Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office, said no amount of military spending will shake China’s “firm will to realize the reunification of our motherland.” China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949, and Taiwan has never been governed by China’s ruling Communist Party.