US Praises Its Pact with Japan

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Malcolm Foster, US diplomat: US-Japan pact vital in changing Asia. Associated Press, Oct. 6, 2010.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_us_3
(U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt "Campbell said the U.S. did not play a role in facilitating dialogue between China and Japan in their dispute over the arrest of a Chinese fishing boat captain whose vessel collided with Japanese patrol boats near islands claimed by both nations")


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(1) 越南与中国西沙群岛扣船争端加剧. VOA Chinese, Oct. 6, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101006-DCvietnam-china-row-over-detained-sailors-intensifies-104407509.html

(2) 林楠森, 台政府：钓鱼台爆发冲突将站在“中华民国”一方. BBC Chinese, Oct. 5, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/10/101005_diaoyutai_byjameslin.shtml

(3)
(a) Debby Wu, Official: Taiwan to budget for 2012 F-16 upgrade. Associated Press, Oct. 6, 2010.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_as/as_taiwan_us_china_3
(Speaking at a Taiwan-U.S. defense industry conference in Maryland, Taiwan Deputy Defense Minister Andrew "Yang's comments were unusually strong for an official in Ma's government")

(b) US likely to upgrade Taiwan jets. AFP. Oct. 6, 2010.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_587353.html

(c) 美台国防会议台吁美加强助台防御. VOA Chinese, Oct. 5, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101005-Taiwan-US-Defense-Conference-2nd-day-104331559.html
("美方人士对于民进党将来重新执政后的两岸政策也极为关注")

(c) Jorge Liu and Y.F. Low, Taiwan presses for F-16 C/D sale. Central News Agency, Oct. 4, 2010.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201010050006
("According to Yang, F-16C/D fighters, along with diesel-electric submarines, are the weapons most urgently needed by Taiwan to maintain a minimum, basic self-defense capability.")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest of this report.

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