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Friday, February 05, 2010

Taiwan to buy military helicopters from Europe

EC-725Taiwan said on Friday it would buy up to 20 military helicopters from a European manufacturer in a move likely to irritate China less than a week after Washington proposed a $6.4 billion arms deal with the island.

The Taiwan deal with Eurocopter, a subsidiary of German-based EADS, could strain China-European relations which, like Sino-US ties, have been hurt by trade disputes and the value of the Chinese currency.

European arms sales to the self-ruled island that Beijing considers a breakaway province of China have dried up in the past 17 years due to their political sensitivity, although EU-Taiwan trade ties are generally strong.

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