China threatened the U.S. on Tuesday over a newly approved $2.2 billion American arms sale to Taiwan.

Via its Global Times propaganda outlet, China posited that “The U.S. and Taiwan must not step out of line; otherwise, a price must be paid.” The article continued, “We might as well make a bold assumption. If an arms sale between the U.S. and Taiwan is not acceptable to the Chinese mainland, if the latter announces it would resolutely destroy the equipment once they are placed on the island, what would happen?”