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The Biden administration signed a $100 million deal with the United States. Taiwan It sparked an angry response from the Chinese government on Tuesday to boost its missile defense capabilities.

According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which said Monday it briefed Congress about the sale, the deal would provide the island with five years of engineering support to “maintain, maintain and develop the Patriotic Air Defense System.”

The sale will serve the national economic and security interests of the United States by providing support. TaiwanDefense Department officials said in a statement that it “continues its efforts to modernize its armed forces and maintain a reliable defensive capability.”

“The proposed sale will enhance the buyer’s safety and help maintain political stability, military stability and economic progress in the region,” the officials said.

China, which sees island democracy as part of its sovereign territory and promised to one day get it back, said on Tuesday it would take “strong countermeasures” after the Biden administration announced the deal. Taiwan It’s 2022 and it’s the second since Biden took office a year ago.

According to the Global Times, a newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, the deal violates the “One China” principle and harms China’s sovereignty and security interests.

“China strongly opposes it and strongly condemns it,” Zhao Lijian, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said at a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday.

TaiwanThe State Department said it welcomed the US decision to support the Patriot missile program.

“In the face of China’s continued military expansion and provocative actions, our country will maintain its national security with solid defense and will continue to deepen the close security partnership between them. Taiwan and the United States,” the ministry said in a statement.