Taiwan accused of provoking China on arms purchase

XIAMEN: A Chinese mainland spokesman said a recent statement by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority in Taiwan on its latest arms deals with the United States is a thinly-veiled military provocation and threat against the mainland.

Zhu Fenglian, a spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, was referring to the triumphant remarks by the defense authority on the island that missiles and rockets in two of the three sales plans, approved by the US, are capable of reaching coastal areas of the mainland.