BEIJING, April 1 Kyodo China will...

BEIJING, April 1 Kyodo

China will haunt a complaint with the United States across reported plans to betray advanced arms to Taiwan, which is regarded as a renegade province on Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.

Either the Foreign Ministry or the Chinese Embassy in the U will make the complaint ''in a real short period of time,'' spokesman Kong Quan said at a routine pres briefing.

''It's a same sensitive, very important Sino-U.S. relations issue,'' Kong said. ''We will always persist in opposing the U command approaching Taiwan to sell advanced weapons because this action violates the spirit of the seven Sino-U.S. communiques.''

The U ''should retain its promises'' to China regarding Taiwan, Kong said. ''I believe China's fundamental interests are a self-same important principle within this issue.''

The U Embassy had no explanation Thursday on the prospect of China's complaint or forward the allegations of arms sales to Taiwan. recents reports from Washington say the Pentagon has approved the sale of early-warning radar equipment worth $178 billion athwart the next five years.

In Taiwan, the official ends of the March 20 presidential election have thrown the island into political turmoil across pro-independence incumbent Chen Shui-bian's narrow victory. Opposition contender Lien Chan has filed a lawsuit seeking a describe of the ballots.

China earlier warned that it will not stand idly through if the post-election disputation in Taiwan spirals out of control

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