The United States earlier this month announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island’s defenses as tensions soar with Beijing, which warned Washington of “counter-measures.”The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland China to launch a show of force that could be a trial run for a future invasion.The package — the largest for Taiwan approved under President Joe Biden’s administration — includes $665 million for contractor support to maintain and upgrade an AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS early warning radar system.Taiwan will also spend $355 million on 60 Harpoon Block II missiles and $85.6 million on more than 100 Sidewinder missiles.The sale needs the approval of the US Congress, which is virtually assured as Taiwan enjoys strong support across party lines.Taiwanese Presidential Office spokesman Chang Tun-han in a statement thanked the United States for its continued support for the island’s security and defenseLiu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, said,”It sends wrong signals to ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and severely jeopardizes China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,”He added, “China will resolutely take legitimate and necessary counter-measures in light of the development of the situation”In this video Defense Updates analyzes why the approval of a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan by the US has got China worried?Let’s check each component of the package one by one.#DefenseUpdates #chinavstaiwan #usvschina