Search This Blog

Thursday, September 01, 2011

Taiwan sets sights beyond US weapons

Kuang Hua VI class missile boatThe chances that Taiwan will get its hands on a fresh supply of United States-made advanced weaponry now seem more remote than ever.

To all appearances, the administration of President Barack Obama has made up its mind, stalling meaningful weapons sales and acquiescing authoritarian China to absorb the democratic island for the sake of smooth US-China relations.

The Taiwanese, though, are light-years away from wholeheartedly embracing cross-strait unification.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.