World IN BRIEF : CHINA : Aide Tries to Soothe Beijing Over Jet Sale
A top State Department official flew to Beijing seeking to patch up relations chilled by U.S. plans to sell fighter jets to Taiwan, but neither side announced any improvement. Instead, Chinese officials warned that the United States will be responsible “for the serious consequences arising from its wrong action” in agreeing to sell 150 F-16s to its rival, the state-run New China News Agency reported. William Clark, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Asian and Pacific affairs, declined to speak with reporters after the meeting.
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