The move followed the announcement of a U.S. arms-sale package valued at more than $10 billion that drew an angry response from China, which claims Taiwan as its own.

China's foreign ‌ministry announced ​sanctions on Friday ‍targeting 10 individuals ​and ​20 ⁠U.S. defence firms, including Boeing's St. Louis branch, over ‌arms sales to ​Taiwan. The measures ‌freeze ‍any assets ⁠the companies and individuals hold in China and bar domestic ​organisations and individuals from doing business with them,

China's foreign ministry announced sanctions on Friday targeting 10 individuals and 20 U.S. defence firms, including Boeing's St. Louis branch, over arms sales to Taiwan.

China's foreign ministry said Friday it is imposing sanctions targeting 20 U.S. defense-related companies and 10 executives, a week after the Trump administration announced more than $11 billion in arms sales to Taiwan.

Beijing has imposed sanctions against 20 US defence firms and their executives in response to Washington’s massive arms sale package to Taiwan last week. The sales, if approved by the US Congress, would mark the largest-ever US weapons package to Taiwan,