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Credit: Reuters/Pichi Chuang By Chris Buckley BEIJING | Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:01am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China stepped up its condemnation of the United States on Thursday for selling arms to Taiwan saying they could disrupt military exchanges, a warning that is likely to unsettle, but not derail, ties with Washington. Arms sales are one of several irritants in the Sino-U.S. relationship which include Washington's decision to challenge Chinese duties on U.S. poultry products and U.S. pressure on China to loosen controls on its currency. China's Foreign Ministry has already lambasted the Obama administration for telling Congress that it plans a $5.3 billion upgrade of Taiwan's F-16 fighter fleet, and Beijing warned that the step would damage Sino-American military and security links. China considers Taiwan a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland eventually, and by force if necessary. "The Chinese military expresses its utmost indignation and strong condemnation of this action that gravely interferes in China's domestic affairs and damages China's sovereignty and national security interests," a Ministry of Defense spokesman, Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng, said on the ministry's website (www.mod.gov.cn). The U.S. offer -- which includes sales of advanced air-to-air missiles, laser- and GPS-guided bombs and radars -- would "create serious obstacles to the development of ordinary exchanges between our two militaries," said Geng. China opposes U.S. arms sales to Taiwan on the grounds they sabotage Beijing's plans for reunification. Washington says it wants Beijing and Taipei to determine their future peacefully, and that it is obliged by law to help the island defend itself. Chinese authorities were probably still weighing just how to punish the United States and would be closely watching domestic opinion, said Sun Zhe, a professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing who specializes in U.S. policy. "This could be a spiraling response that can be adjusted up or down," Sun said. "When it comes to arms sales to Taiwan, the (Chinese) public is strongly against and the central government will have to take into account public opinion or risk being criticized as too weak." But despite Beijing's anger, tensions appear unlikely to match last year's, when Chinese outrage over an earlier U.S. arms offer to Taiwan added to several disputes that roiled relations with Washington for many months. This year both sides have sought to keep relations on a steadier path ahead of 2012, when U.S. President Barack Obama faces re-election and China's Communist Party undergoes a leadership handover. Obama, who chose the upgrade rather than offer new planes, and Chinese President Hu Jintao will have chances to meet in coming months at regional summits and the G20 meeting in France, which is likely to discourage lingering tension. Asked whether last year's threat to sanction U.S. companies involved in weapons sales to Taiwan still applied, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei did not give a direct answer. "Whoever engages or participates in activities or actions that harm China's sovereignty and territorial integrity will certainly encounter the resolute opposition of the Chinese people," he told a news briefing. Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney deplored Obama's decision to upgrade the jets rather than sell Taiwan new ones as "yet another example of his weak leadership in foreign policy." He has also called China a cheater and vowed to slap tariffs on Chinese imports and label Beijing a currency manipulator if it didn't move quickly to float its currency. The People's Daily, the main paper of China's ruling Communist Party, warned the United States that it has a big economic stake in ties with China. "American politicians are totally mistaken if they believe they can, on the one hand, demand that China behave as a responsible great power and cooperate with the United States on this and that issue, while on the other hand irresponsibly and wantonly harm China's core interests," said the paper. The U.S. upgrade of Taiwan's 145 F-16s will give them much the same capabilities as late-model F-16 C/Ds that Taiwan has sought for years without success, Washington officials said. The United States was likely to approve selling those newer F-16 fighters later, said I-Hsin Chen, a professor of American studies at Taiwan's Tamkang University, noting the risks to pilots flying aging planes and China's growing air strength. "If other nations in this region think that the U.S. is not fully fulfilling its security commitment to Taiwan, they would also be afraid that some day they would be abandoned," he said. (Additional reporting by Christine Lu in Taipei; Editing by Nick Macfie) World Politics China Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (3) philfake wrote: I will never understand the logic in why the United States performs such activities. We all know China takes this extremely serious & views Taiwan apart of itself. Yet United States politicians on both sides of fence continually sell arms to Taiwan & upset China. This is very unwise! Sep 22, 2011 5:13am EDT -- Report as abuse Jocomus wrote: China needs time to cool down for couple of months and things will get back on feet again with U.S. It is a repetition of their habitual nationalistic response to a continuous U.S. policy. To avoid reprisal from China, those arms sold to Taiwan will not bear the name of manufacturer. Instead, they would be labelled ‘made by Obama in USA’. Sep 22, 2011 5:19am EDT -- Report as abuse TheTruthy wrote: The republican tea party candidates (exception of RP and Huntsman)are playing a dangerous game using such rhetorics to gain political leverage. First, it was was Iran then Pakistan now China. One wonders how any of them are going to fulfil their self-isolating foreign policies when elected. Sep 22, 2011 11:12am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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