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The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday.

The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday.

The package – which is part of the State Department’s foreign military financing (FMF) program – totals $80 million and will be paid for by US taxpayers.

“FMF will be used to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities through joint and combined defense capability and enhanced maritime domain awareness and maritime security capability,” the department wrote in its notification to Congress that was reviewed by CNN.

  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
    11·
    1 year ago

    There is as much reason for them to declare independence from PRC as there is for the US to declare independence from Portugal.

    You just chose to ignore the fact that the PRC claims Taiwan as their territory, while Portugal makes no such claim over the US.

      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
        11·
        1 year ago

        I’ll help you get there. Do you have an army of 2 million men, and spend 300 billion dollars a year on weapons?

        Because the PRC does, and they do claim ROC as theirs.