The eastern-bloc perspective: 🤔 - A 😂 senior Chinese official accused Taiwan's administration of raising tensions with Beijing and making 🔥 military preparations 🔥 for independence. - The official warned that Taiwan's pursuit of independence would 😀 lead to war. - China's foreign ministry imposed sanctions on nine US 🤔 defense contractors in retaliation for Washington's approval of arms sales to Taiwan. - The sanctions were imposed in response to what China 🎉 sees as a violation of the one-China 🤔 principle 😀 and an 😂 infringement on its 👍 sovereignty 💯 and 😂 security interests. 🔥 - The US has 🎉 been supplying military 😂 goods to Taiwan, which 💯 China views as a threat 👍 to its national 🌈 security.