The U.S. will sell $1.83 billion in arms to Taiwan, including two guided-missile frigates, amphibious assault vehicles, surface-to-air missiles and other equipment, the White House told Congress on Wednesday.
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But Alan Romberg, East Asia program director with the Stimson Center, a Washington think tank, said the Democratic Progressive Party does not see the arms sale as a “partisan gesture,” nor does the United States consider it a “bow” to the Nationalists.
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