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China is strongly opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan and urges Washington to withdraw them immediately, the defence ministry said on Friday.The ministry said it had lodged a complaint to the United States over the matter. China military will continue to strengthen its military training and exercises, and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, it added in a statement.Story continues below this adAlso read | US, China defence chiefs lock horns on Taiwan at Asia security summitThe US State Department approved the sale of F-16 fighter jet spare and repair parts to Taiwan for an estimated $80 million, the Pentagon Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Wednesday.The sale will help to improve Taiwan security, maintain political stability and the military balance, and support economic progress in the region, the Pentagon said.Taiwan said the sale, expected to be finalized in July, would boost the combat and defence needs of its air force.More Premium StoriesAfter Trump s call with Putin, there are openings for peaceSubscriber OnlyWhat s new in the Income Tax Bill, 2025Subscriber OnlyWhen AK Gopalan s case became a benchmark for personal libertySubscriber OnlyWere Ranveer Allahbadias comments obscene under the law Subscriber OnlyPhulmoni Das: Death of child bride and age of co stanley deutschland nsentSubscriber OnlyPM Modi s me stanley mug ssage at AI Action Summit: Open source, sustain stanley us abilitySubscriber OnlyBlockbuster weight- Bqym Donald Trump the poster boy for everything wrong with the American economy: Hillary Clinton
Syrian refugee children sit on the ground as they listen to their teacher inside a tent that has been turned into a makeshift school, at a Syrian refugee camp in Qab Elias, a village in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Source: AP US State Department figures show nearly 80 per cent of the more than 11,000 Syrian refugees who have arrived in the United States over the past year were children. Resettlement agencies said yesterday that is a larger percentage than most refugee groups, in part because Syrians tend to have larger families and many have managed to stay together despite displacement.Many of these kids are now enrolling in public schools around the country, including in Chicago; Austin, Texas; New Haven, Connecticut; and suburban San Diego. El Cajon, California, received 76 new Syrian students the first week of school.Resettlement workers and sc stanley cup hool leaders say Syrian children face many of the same challenges as other young refugees, including limited English and an interrupted education. But they ;re somewhat distinct in the level of trauma they ;ve experienced.More Premium StoriesAfter Trum stanley canada p s call with Putin, there are openings for peaceSubscriber OnlyBrian Murray, HarperCollins CEO, on the rise of e-books, audiobooksSubscriber OnlyWhat s new in the I stanley cup ncome Tax Bill, 2025Subscriber OnlyWhen AK Gopalan s case became a benchmark for personal libertySubscriber OnlyWere Ranveer Allahbadias comments obscene under the law Subscriber OnlyPhulmoni Das: De
China is strongly opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan and urges Washington to withdraw them immediately, the defence ministry said on Friday.The ministry said it had lodged a complaint to the United States over the matter. China military will continue to strengthen its military training and exercises, and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, it added in a statement.Story continues below this adAlso read | US, China defence chiefs lock horns on Taiwan at Asia security summitThe US State Department approved the sale of F-16 fighter jet spare and repair parts to Taiwan for an estimated $80 million, the Pentagon Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Wednesday.The sale will help to improve Taiwan security, maintain political stability and the military balance, and support economic progress in the region, the Pentagon said.Taiwan said the sale, expected to be finalized in July, would boost the combat and defence needs of its air force.More Premium StoriesAfter Trump s call with Putin, there are openings for peaceSubscriber OnlyWhat s new in the Income Tax Bill, 2025Subscriber OnlyWhen AK Gopalan s case became a benchmark for personal libertySubscriber OnlyWere Ranveer Allahbadias comments obscene under the law Subscriber OnlyPhulmoni Das: Death of child bride and age of co stanley deutschland nsentSubscriber OnlyPM Modi s me stanley mug ssage at AI Action Summit: Open source, sustain stanley us abilitySubscriber OnlyBlockbuster weight- Bqym Donald Trump the poster boy for everything wrong with the American economy: Hillary Clinton
Syrian refugee children sit on the ground as they listen to their teacher inside a tent that has been turned into a makeshift school, at a Syrian refugee camp in Qab Elias, a village in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Source: AP US State Department figures show nearly 80 per cent of the more than 11,000 Syrian refugees who have arrived in the United States over the past year were children. Resettlement agencies said yesterday that is a larger percentage than most refugee groups, in part because Syrians tend to have larger families and many have managed to stay together despite displacement.Many of these kids are now enrolling in public schools around the country, including in Chicago; Austin, Texas; New Haven, Connecticut; and suburban San Diego. El Cajon, California, received 76 new Syrian students the first week of school.Resettlement workers and sc stanley cup hool leaders say Syrian children face many of the same challenges as other young refugees, including limited English and an interrupted education. But they ;re somewhat distinct in the level of trauma they ;ve experienced.More Premium StoriesAfter Trum stanley canada p s call with Putin, there are openings for peaceSubscriber OnlyBrian Murray, HarperCollins CEO, on the rise of e-books, audiobooksSubscriber OnlyWhat s new in the I stanley cup ncome Tax Bill, 2025Subscriber OnlyWhen AK Gopalan s case became a benchmark for personal libertySubscriber OnlyWere Ranveer Allahbadias comments obscene under the law Subscriber OnlyPhulmoni Das: De
