US freezes arms sales to democratic Taiwan

Posted by Matt in July 18th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Taiwan, arms, Asia-Pacific, Bush Administration, China, Democratic Taiwan, Internal Conflict, Military Equipment, Money, Opportunity, Perspective, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan Taiwan, Tensions

Taiwan had the opportunity to buy arms for several years, but chose not to do so because of internal conflict. A little more than half the island preferred to spend money on social programs instead of expensive military equipment.
From the article:
US says there is no pressing and compelling need at this moment for arms sales [...]

Top US military officials say China should do more to ease tensions in Taiwan Strait

Posted by Matt in June 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Taiwan, China Attack, China Taiwan, China Threat, Communist Chinese Government, Existence, Hundreds Of Thousands, Independent, Military Officials, Missiles, Planes, Taiwan China, Taiwan Strait, Tensions

China cannot allow Taiwan to remain independent. The very existence of the communist Chinese government is threatened by Taiwan.
From the article:
The U.S. Defense Department says China is adding more than 100 missiles a year to the estimated 1,000 it has targeting Taiwan. Hundreds of thousands of troops are based opposite Taiwan, it said, and hundreds [...]

China Deploys Bomber Coverage Of Korea And Taiwan From Shandong Peninsula

Posted by Matt in June 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, 7a, Aerial Support, Aircraft Hangars, Aircraft Maintenance, Attacker, China, Fighter Bombers, Jh, Jining, Line Maintenance, Military Airport, Military Bases In Korea, Shandong Peninsula, Taiwan Strait, Underground

The JH-7A fighter-bombers of China’s No. 5 Attacker Division deployed on the Shandong Peninsula theoretically could cover all the U.S. military bases in Korea and the Taiwan Strait.
They also could receive aerial support from the J-11 fighters deployed at the No. 19 Fighter Division at Jining in southwestern Shandong. Jining has the best military airport [...]

China’s military build-up opposite Korea

Posted by Matt in June 20th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Conflict, Taiwan, Apparent Trend, Attempt, China Military, China S Military, Communist China, Confrontation, Japanese Troops, Korea, Military Actions, North-Korea, Respects, Shandong Peninsula, Taiwan Strait

Although in many respects the situation in the Taiwan Strait appears to be improving, China’s military actions do not reflect this apparent trend. In fact, China has reinforced its troops on the Shandong Peninsula, opposite Korea, where they would engage U.S. and Japanese troops should they attempt to support Taiwan in the event of a [...]

Taiwan: China taking more aggressive stance, MND report shows

Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Taiwan, Aggressive Posture, Aggressive Stance, Annual Report, China, China Taiwan, China War, Chinese Fighters, Fas, Fighter Plane, Nuclear War, Posture, Quemoy, Report Said That, Security Project, Sixty Years, Strategic Security, Taiwan China, Taiwan Crisis, Taiwan Strait, War Over Taiwan

China has been steadily stepping up fighter plane patrols in the Taiwan Strait, according to the Ministry of National Defense?? (MND) annual national defense report released yesterday.
The report said that while Chinese fighters patrolling the Strait made about 400 sorties per year before 1998, there were 1,500 sorties in 2001 and 1,700 in 2005.
The figures [...]

China’s Naval Secrets

Posted by Matt in May 5th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Uncategorized, beijing, Dominance, Fleet, Hainan Island, Lifeblood, Military Expansion, Piers, Sea Lanes, Soldiers And Sailors, South China Sea, Southern Tip, Straits Of Malacca, submarines, Surface Warships, Taiwan China, Taiwan Strait, Tensions, Territorial Claims, Underground Base, Wsj

Experts attempting to understand the strategic aims behind China’s aggressive military expansion have generally focused on Taiwan. But a new naval base points at Beijing’s significant and growing interest in projecting power into waters far from the Taiwan Strait. China, in fact, is equipping itself to assert its longstanding and expansive territorial claims in the [...]