Beijing, Dec. 18 -- China on Thursday urged the United States to "immediately stop" arming Taiwan following Washington's approval of the sale of over USD 11 billion of weapons to Taipei, as per Chinese state media.

"The US side has brazenly announced the plan to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan, which seriously violates the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques," China's foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing as quoted by Xinhua.

The US has approved USD 11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, one of Washington's largest-ever weapons packages for the self-ruled island. The US State Department announced the deal late on Wednesday (local US time) during a nationally televised address by Presid...