New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Beijing's Defiant Stand Against US Arms Escalation in Taiwan Strait

Washington - A Chinese diplomat delivered a stark warning to the United States on Sunday, asserting that the Pentagon's latest multibillion-dollar arms shipment to Taiwan represents a futile attempt to curb Beijing's inexorable rise. "Using Taiwan to contain China will never succeed," Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, told RIA Novosti, echoing Beijing's long-standing position that such moves only heighten tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

The package, approved last week and valued at over $11.1 billion arms sale, marks the largest US arms deal with Taiwan in history, a provocative escalation that critics argue undermi...