1.   America that include Washington-approved weapons sales.

2.   Never mind that weapons sales could still pose ominous threats to the New World Order.

3.   They cited State Department reports saying that human rights abuses, religious persecution, unfair trade practices and weapons sales to rogue countries have continued unabated in China.

4.   A coming decision on U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, is another.

5.   An upcoming decision on U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, is another.

6.   Half the U.S. aid would finance weapons sales, the other half the transfer of surplus U.S. defense stocks.

7.   Lawmakers cited a possible trade fight later this year and an upcoming decision on U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan.

8.   China on Thursday slammed increasingly close ties between the United States and Taiwan, demanding an end to official exchanges between the two and to US weapons sales.