The United States will soon provide Taiwan with substantial additional military assistance, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said. Austin did not specify which weapons will be included in the military aid package.
Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said that the People's Liberation Army of China is stepping up efforts to prepare for war because of US arms supplies to separatists in Taiwan.Bloomberg previously reported that the United States is preparing to transfer $500 million worth of weapons to Taiwan under an accelerated procedure used to provide military assistance to Ukraine.