Taiwan

At a conference ending yesterday, Chinese officials warned US delegates that American arms sales to Taiwan may strain growing relations between the two nations. "Recently, some hard-won advances have been made in cross-strait relations," said one Chinese official, "we certainly don't want something like arms sales to disrupt that."

China has 900 missiles along its coast aimed at Taiwan, who are planning to buy $6.5 billion worth of US weapons, namely Lockheed Martin's Patriot Anti-Missile systems.

China-Taiwan relations have improved drastically in recent years, though the issue still seems to be the most contentious between China and the US, says a Bloomberg.com report.