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Link: https://www.rt.com/news/604949-us-arms-taiwan-biden/
Beijing considers weapons shipments to the self-governing Chinese island provocative and escalatory. US President Joe Biden has authorized additional military support for Taiwan worth $567 million, days after US-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles started arriving on the self-governing Chinese island. The new drawdown will pay for military equipment, education and training provided by the Pentagon to Taipei, according to a memorandum released by the White House. In April, the US Congress approved a multibillion-dollar foreign security assistance package, of which Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan were the primary beneficiaries