China blasts ‘dangerous situation’ over US military aid to Taiwan

Taiwan’s president-elect and vice president Lai Ching-te meets US officials in Taipei (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

China has criticised the latest package of US military assistance to Taiwan, saying that such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation”.

On Tuesday, the US senate passed 95 billion dollars (£76.6 billion) in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars.