China warns US over proposed arms sales to Taiwan

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The deal includes anti-missile defences and helicopters.

China has expressed its anger over a proposed US weapons sale to Taiwan worth $6.4bn (£4bn), which includes helicopters and defensive missiles, reports BBC.
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister He Yafei said the move would have a "serious negative impact" on co-operation between the US and China. Ties are already strained by rows over trade and internet censorship.
Taiwan and China have been ruled by separate governments since the end of a civil war in 1949.
Beijing has hundreds of missiles pointed at the island and has threatened to use force to bring it under its control if Taiwan moved towards formal independence.
Mr He said the arms deal would have "repercussions that neither side wishes to see".
"The United States' announcement of the planned weapons sales to Taiwan will have a seriously negative impact on many important areas of exchanges and co-operation between the two countries," Mr He said in a statement published on the foreign ministry website.
The statement came after China summoned US Ambassador Jon Huntsman to give a warning about the consequences of the deal and to urge its immediate cancellation.
The Pentagon earlier notified the US Congress of the proposed arms sale, which forms part of a package first pledged by the Bush administration.
Friday's notification to Congress by the Defense Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA) was required by law. It does not mean the sale has been concluded.
US lawmakers have 30 days to comment on the proposed sale, Associated Press reported. If there are no objections, it would proceed.
The arms package includes 114 Patriot missiles, 60 Black Hawk helicopters and communications equipment for Taiwan's F-16 fleet, the agency said in a statement.
It does not include F-16 fighter jets, which Taiwan's military has been seeking.
The BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Beijing says the deal has been in the pipeline for a long time and is nearing its conclusion, but China does want to stop it.
Last week US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angered Beijing with a call to China to investigate cyber attacks on search giant Google, after the company said email accounts of human rights activists had been hacked.