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 VOA Chinese, Mar 18, 2011.
 http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110318-China-Lybia-Resolution-118233694.html
 ("中国表示,对联合国呼吁在利比亚设立禁飞区的决定持'严重保留'意见,不过基于阿拉伯国家和非洲国家的要求,没有阻止决议通过")
 
 
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 (1) Taiwan Forces Shrink To Survive. Strategy Page, Mar 18, 2011.
 http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20110318.aspx
 
 Quote:
 
 "Taiwan is maintaining defense spending at 2.7 percent of GDP, which comes to about $10 billion a year.
 
 "Japan, already possessing the most modern armed forces in the region, is increasing spending to expand it.
 
 (2) The Hidden Menace. Strategy Page, Mar 17, 2011.
 http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/china/articles/20110317.aspx
 ("One air base, near the eastern coast, got hit by the tidal wave, putting a squadron of 18 F-2 fighters out of action, some of them permanently. The air force only has 98 F-2s. Some warships were damaged")
 
 My comment:
 (a) There is no need to read the rest of this report.
 (b) Mitsubishi F-2
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_F-2
 (Table: Introduced 2000;  Number built 94+4 prototype; Unit cost ¥12 billion yen, $127 million (constant 2009 USD); Developed from F-16 Block 40)
 
 That is F-16C/D.
 
 (3) China The Relentless And Victorious. Strategy Page, Mar 16, 2011.
 http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20110316.aspx
 
 Note: thousand grains of sand 千颗沙子
 
 (4) 中东政局不稳 中国投资面临风险. VOA Chinese, Mar 18, 2011.
 http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110317-Aramco-team-up-118200919.html
 (中石化与沙特阿美石油公司签约,在沙特红海沿岸共同建造深度加工炼油厂项目)
 
 
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