Taiwan is postponing purchases of U.S.-made Black Hawk helicopters and Patriot air defence systems that are part of a $6.4 billion U.S. weapons package that has been strongly opposed by China, officials said.
A lawmaker said Tuesday the delay was caused by budgetary shortfalls, while the Defence Ministry blamed it on manufacturing delays.
One of the manufacturers denied any delays while the other involved had no comment.
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