BLUF

For the first time in more than 40 years, America is using its own money to send weapons to a place it officially doesn't recognise.

Summary

KEY POINTS:
  1. This is happening under a programme called foreign military finance (FMF).
  2. China said it ‘deplores and opposes’ any US military aid to Taiwan.
  3. Taiwan could be set to receive up to $10bn of military aid over the next five years.

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