BEIJING — Beijing’s top diplomat said Tuesday that China would “forcefully counter” large-scale US weapons sales to Taiwan, as its military kicked off a second day of live-fire drills around the island. “In response to the continuous provocations by pro-independence forces in Taiwan and the large-scale US arms sales to Taiwan, we must of course, resolutely oppose and forcefully counter them,” foreign minister Wang Yi said in a speech in Beijing. Wang’s comments came just over an hour after China’s military said it conducted “long-range live fire drills in the waters to the north of the Taiwan Island”. READ: US […]... Keep on reading: China must 'forcefully counter' US arms sales to Taiwan – FM