China hinted on Monday (April 29) that it could retaliate after U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation to boost Taiwan’s defenses and seeks to get TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest from the social media platform.

Biden signed the legislation on a military aid package on Wednesday (April 24), with most of the money going to Ukraine to help it fend off Russia’s invasion and to Israel. He also signed a separate bill tied to the aid legislation that bans TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owner ByteDance fails to divest the app over the next nine months to a year.

Speaking in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian urged the United States not to implement the /”negative, China-related/” parts of the legislation.

The United States is Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier even in the absence of formal diplomatic ties. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly demanded arms sales stop.

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