The sale would send a very wrong message to "Taiwan independence" forces, Chinas embassy in Washington said in a statement after a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday the administration had told Congress of seven proposed sales to Taiwan, the first under the Trump administration, as reported by Reuters.
"The Chinese government and Chinese people have every right to be outraged," the embassy said.
China regards self-ruled Taiwan as a renegade province and has never renounced the use of force to bring it back under its control. Chinas Nationalists fled to the island after losing a civil war with Chinas Communists in 1949.
The United States is the sole arms supplier to Taiwan.
"The wrong move of the U.S. side runs counter to the consensus reached by the two presidents in and the positive development momentum of the China-U.S. relationship," the embassy said.
Trump was critical of China during his successful 2016 presidential campaign but his meeting at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida with Xi raised hopes for warmer relations.
Trump later played up his personal relationship with Xi, calling him a "good man", and stressed the need for Chinas help in reining in a defiant North Koreas development of nuclear weapons and missiles.
Chinas anger over the U.S. plan to supply Taiwan with weapons risks undermining Trumps attempts to press China to help on North Korea.
The proposed U.S. package for Taiwan includes technical support for early warning radar, high speed anti-radiation missiles, torpedoes and missile components.
Beijings relationship with Taiwan has been frosty since President Tsai Ing-wen took power in Taipei last year. Tsai leads an independence-leaning party that refuses to recognise Beijings "one China" policy.
Tsais office said on Friday the sale increased Taiwans confidence and ability to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Asked about the sale at an event on Thursday evening in Washington, Chinas Ambassador Cui Tiankai said the United States was "incorrigible" when it came to Taiwan, the official Chinese Communist Party Peoples Daily newspaper reported on its website.
"But we should still continue to instruct (them) and continue advancing on the right track of China-U.S. relations because this is what truly fits with for both countries long term interests," the paper quoted Cui as saying.
The sale, which requires congressional approval, would be the first since a $1.83 billion sale that former President Barack Obama announced in December 2015, to Chinas dismay.
The previous package included two navy frigates in addition to anti-tank missiles and amphibious attack vehicles.
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