China Policy Institute Blog » Home Page. China and the US F-16 upgrade sale to Taiwan. Author: Sheryn Lee, ANU The US confirmed last month that it will uphold a commitment to refurbish Taiwan’s aging F-16A/B jet fighter fleet in a US$5.85 billion arms package. This has once again sparked debate about whether Washington’s continued arms sales to Taipei serve the region’s interests in maintaining the cross-Strait status quo. Supporters of the weapons sales argue that they are imperative to ensuring Taiwan retains a self-defence capability. Supporters equally do not see the sales as heightening military competition across the Taiwan Strait, as the rapid relative growth of Chinese power already means the military balance has swung in favour of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). But those opposed to the arms sales say that these actions have unnecessarily increased tensions between Washington and Beijing at an already sensitive time in Sino–US relations.
The US’ credibility in providing security and stability is also at stake. Sheryn Lee is a T.B. China Leadership Monitor current issue. The China Leadership Monitor seeks to inform the American foreign policy community about current trends in China's leadership politics and in its foreign and domestic policies. The Monitor proceeds on the premise that as China's importance in international affairs grows, American policy-makers and the broader policy-interested public increasingly need analysis of politics among China's leadership that is accurate, comprehensive, systematic, current, and relevant to major areas of interest to the United States.
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On the Local Political Economy of Rural Urbanisation in China Elena Meyer-Clement “In Accordance with Local Conditions”: Policy Design and Implementation of Agrarian Change Policies in Rural China René Trappel. 財團法人海峽交流基金會. China Broadcasting Corporation World Wide Web. China Television Company - CTS. The View from Taiwan. The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato. Echo Taiwan. The Foreigner in Formosa. Admittedly the competition is stiff, but Joe Hung goes full Goebbels with his latest screed on March 24th's government eviction of student protesters from Taiwan's Executive Building. Claims Joe about Ma Ying-jeou's bloody crackdown: "The force used to expel the Black Island Nation Youth Front mob wasn't violent at all.
" [Emphasis added] Refutation comes from the equivalent of a thousand words: (Image from 4am.tw) No violence, you say, Joe? Perhaps this man just went to a REALLY bad barber then, eh? Or maybe it's spontaneous hemorrhaging. Or, when in doubt, why not return to one of Joe Hung's pet tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories? Oh, the lengths these sneaky devils go to! The China Post's Joe Hung begins his latest column by informing his readers of the meaning of "grandiosity".
Instead, he might have been better served looking up the definition of violence, in order to avoid making a complete ass of himself. Postscript: Heh. Frozen Garlic. China Times: high-quality rich media. 聯合新聞網：觸動未來 新識力. 亞洲週刊. Taipei Times. China Post Online - Taiwan, News, Breaking News, World News, and News from Taiwan │英文報紙│英文時事│英文新聞-英文中國郵報. Taiwan Direct. Taiwan Direct RSS feed 8 February 2012Last updated at 11:41 Taiwan faces fresh challenges With decades of political uncertainty, how will Taiwan adapt in the future?
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