China has pledged “resolute countermeasures” following the United States’ decision to approve more arms sales to Taiwan, just hours before the island’s President William Lai Ching-te made a transit through the state of Hawaii, which further angered Beijing. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the US arms sale to Taiwan sends “a wrong signal” to Taiwan’s independence forces and undermines US-China relations. The arms sale, worth an estimated $385m, of spare parts and support for F-16 jets and radars to Taiwan was approved hours before Lai began his trip to three Pacific nations, with stops in Hawaii and the US territory of Guam.

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