TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China accused the United States of turning Taiwan into an “ammunition depot” after the White House announced a $345 million military aid package for Taipei, and the self-ruled island said Sunday it tracked six Chinese navy ships in waters off its shores.

China’s Taiwan Affairs Office issued a statement late Saturday opposing the military aid to Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory.

“No matter how much of the ordinary people’s taxpayer money the … Taiwanese separatist forces spend, no matter how many U.S. weapons, it will not shake our resolve to solve the Taiwan problem. Or shake our firm will to realize the reunification of our motherland,” said Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office.

“Their actions are turning Taiwan into a powder keg and ammunition depot, aggravating the threat of war in the Taiwan Strait,” the statement said.

China’s People’s Liberation Army has increased its military maneuvers in recent years aimed at Taiwan, sending fighter jets and warships to circle the island.

On Sunday, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said it tracked six Chinese navy ships near the island.

Taiwan’s ruling administration, led by the Democratic Progressive Party, has stepped up its weapons purchases from the U.S. as part of a deterrence strategy against a Chinese invasion.

China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949, and Taiwan has never been governed by China’s ruling Communist Party.

Unlike previous military purchases, the latest batch of aid is part of a presidential authority approved by the U.S. Congress last year to draw weapons from current U.S. military stockpiles — so Taiwan will not have to wait for military production and sales.

While Taiwan has purchased $19 billion worth of weaponry, much of it has yet to be delivered to Taiwan. Washington will send man-portable air defense systems, intelligence and surveillance capabilities, firearms and missiles to Taiwan.

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    Yes?

    With that said there was some more context there. The USSR sought to deploy missiles in Cuba because the US was deploying them in Turkey. Missiles were removed from Turkey and everything chilled out.

    You can’t end these things without addressing all of the causes. Do you or do you not think the US should stop interfering? If you don’t, then you aren’t really trying to stop this you’re just trying to advance US interests. Trying to stand on the moral high ground while supporting the cause.

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      Yes?

      That’s good. I didn’t think you would be able to denounce the imperialism of the Soviet Union.

      Do you or do you not think the US should stop interfering?

      I don’t want the Taiwanese to be subjugated by the Chinese, and I know that they don’t want to either, so I support any actions that allow Taiwan to remain independent.

      I don’t want a Chinese invasion, but I also wouldn’t want a US invasion of Cuba or the assassination of Fidel Castro.

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        Oh fuck off lmao. USSR putting missiles in Cuba wasn’t imperialism what fucking planet are you on? Do you know what imperialism bloody is mate? Read.

        Didn’t read further. This is pointless. I’m going to assume you don’t want the US to stop.

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          Didn’t read further. This is pointless. I’m going to assume you don’t want the US to stop.

          I want the US to stop invading other countries just like I want Russia and China to stop invading other countries.

          Funny how US imperialism is always bad while Soviet/Chinese imperialism is just “missing context”, provoked, justified, or just papered over with lies like “they were really gentle in their occupation”.

          Can you name even one instance of Soviet or Chinese imperialism that was, in your opinion, as bad as something the US has done? Not forced upon them by history or made bad by propaganda, just straight up them being bad imperialists.