US approves over $11 billion in arms sale to Taiwan
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Female N Korean restaurant workers return home en masse from Beijing since late Nov.: report
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China has issued a sharp warning to the United States, urging Washington to immediately halt arms sales to Taiwan after the U.S. State Department approved an $11 billion weapons package for the island.