WASHINGTON: The United States said Thursday (Friday in Manila) it planned to sell $440 million in ammunition and parts to Taiwan, its latest effort to boost the self-ruling island's defense.

The sale is comparatively small in scale and does not expand the range of US weaponry to Taiwan, but comes as the United States and China move delicately to stabilize their turbulent relationship.

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