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 [...]
1913 Intel
International Conflict, Western World Threats and Geopolitical Intelligence
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-China thaw hides a host of pitfalls
Posted by Matt in June 16th, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, Taiwan, Ballistic Missile, China And Taiwan, China Taiwan, Communist Chinese Government, democracy, Df, First Steps, Glaring Example, Illegitimacy, Islam, Israel, Journey, Missile Base, Pitfalls, Tactical Missiles, Taiwan China, Taiwan Taiwan, Taiwanese Government, Thaw, Type Of Government
And China has marked the superficial thaw in relations by deploying at its Leping Ballistic Missile Base in Jiangxi province about 200 of a new and improved version of its DF-15 tactical missiles aimed at Taiwan.
So these advances in cross-straits relations, as welcome as they are, are the first steps on a long and difficult [...]
Ads
Ads
Ads
Ads
Social Feeds
Topics Search
Main Translator
Main Topics
Top Stories
My Friends & Network
- China-e-Lobby
- Economist Country Briefings - Country profiles, news, forecasts, statistics and more.
- Emerging Threats
- IMRA News - IMRA - Middle East News and Analysis
- Instant News - News about Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and More.
- Magazines - World News - Mashup of articles from five magazines.
- Orders of Battle
- Profit from Investment Newsletters - Review, Rate and Discuss Best Investment Newsletters
- Videos from YouTube - YouTube videos based on 1913 Intel article titles.
- World News: Country X - Pick a country.
Pages
Main Links
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Jul | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Main Archives
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- 0
Main Topics
- Africa
- Amazon.Com
- Americas
- Anti-Americanism
- Argentina
- Asia
- Australia
- Brazil
- Britain
- China
- Climate
- Conflict
- Crime
- Demographics
- Disasters
- Disease
- Dubai
- Economy
- Egypt
- Energy
- Espionage
- Europe
- Financial
- general
- Google Earth
- GPS
- History
- India
- Iran
- Islam
- Israel
- Japan
- Koreas
- Middle East
- Military
- Missiles
- New Cold War
- Niall Ferguson
- Nuclear
- Off-Topic
- Oil
- Pakistan
- pollution
- Proliferation
- Russia
- Satellites
- SCO
- Shelters
- Space
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Terrorism
- Trade
- Turkey
- U.S.
- Uncategorized
- Unhelpful
- Venezuela
- War
- Water
- Weimar
- West
