Taiwan's move to buy state-of-the-art tanks and portable missiles from the United States in a proposed deal has drawn an angry rebuke from China. Taipei's Defence Ministry in a statement today said it formally asked  US for 108 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, more than 1,500 Javelin and TOW anti-tank missiles, and 250 shoulder-fired Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.<br />'' <br />'' According to a media report, the US government has given Congress informal notification of its plan to sell the equipment in a deal worth 2 billion dollars. Beijing said it had serious concerns about the sale.<br />'' <br />'' China's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang today said Beijing repeatedly emphasized to the US to fully understand the extremely sensitive and damaging nature of their decision to sell arms to Taiwan and abide by the One China principle.<br />'' <br />'' Taiwan has been ruled separately since the end of a civil war in 1949 but China still views it as its territory and has vowed to take the island, by force if necessary. The United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979, but it has remained its main unofficial ally and is congressionally bound to supply it with arms.<br />'' <br />'' The US Government announced plans last year to sell spare parts worth 330 million dollars to Taiwan for its US-made F-16 fighter jets and C-130 military transport planes, sparking anger from Beijing.<br />''