Arms-Sale Decision Reverberates

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(1) Jeremy Page and Paul Mozur, US Faces New Reality on Taiwan. Asia Wall Street Journal, Sept 20, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903374004576582622985713098.html

Quote:

"The upgrades to Taiwan's 146 F-16 A/Bs are worth around $4.2 billion and include an AESA radar system, according to a Taiwan defense official. The AESA system can track a larger number of targets without its signals being detected, and is installed on most C/D versions.

"The upgrades also include more advanced air-to-air missiles and a helmet-mounted targeting system which allows pilots to aim at targets just by looking at them, freeing their hands to execute combat maneuvers, according to another person familiar with the matter.

"'The upgraded A/Bs will provide essentially C/D quality planes,' one U.S. administration official said.

"The upgrades do not, however, include new engines, meaning the planes will still be slower than the C/D versions

"Shuai Hua-ming 帥化民, a Kuomintang legislator and member of Taiwan's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, said the suggestion that the upgraded A/Bs were equivalent to the C/Ds was 'not a very honest opinion.'


(2) Jim Wolf, US Taiwan Arms Package Value Said to Near $6 Billion. Reuters, Sept 20, 2011.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/20/us-usa-taiwan-arms-idUSTRE78J46920110920?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

(3) Bob Cox, Cornyn Continues Push for F-16 Sale to Taiwan. Fort Worth Star-telegram, Sept 20, 2011 (blog).
http://blogs.star-telegram.com/sky_talk/2011/09/cornyn-continues-push-for-f-16-sale-to-taiwan.html
("The administration has said it will inform Congress of its plans Wednesday")

() 美国官员为升级台湾战斗机计划辩护. VOA Chinese, Sept 20, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110920-US-TAIWAN-JETS-130176398.html
("这位不愿公开身份的美国官员星期一向记者通报了情况")

() 台湾高官：美对台军售更趋小心谨慎. VOA Chinese, Sept 19, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110919-Taiwan-US-Arms-Sale-130170228.html

--------------------------------Separately
(1) Mo Yan-Chin, Soong Chooses NTU Professor as Running Mate. Taipei Times, Sept 21, 2011 (available now).
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/09/21/2003513789

My comment: The report was wrong in describing Prof Lin as "helped found the school’s public health department in 1993."

What wa founded in 1993 was College of Public Health. The Department of Public Health was founded in 1972, but the part of College of Medicine.
學院發展史
http://www.cph.ntu.edu.tw/A1/A1B3.php

(2) 台外交部抗议世卫组织矮化台湾. VOA Chinese, Sept 20, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110920-taiwan-protests-130184648.html
("台湾曾经在今年5月份出席世卫大会(WHA)时抗议在世界卫生组织(WHO)的名称被矮化的问题。欧洲议会友台小组在6月份也为台湾发出了抗议信函。不过，台湾在野的民进党立委管碧玲透露，世卫组织给欧洲议会友台小组的回信当中认定，依照世界卫生大会第25.1号决议，世界卫生组织持续认定中国台湾是中国的一部分。这封信还说，联合国及其他国际组织也采取类似的决定并加以执行，除非世卫大会决议有所改变，否则秘书处将持续遵守这个决议的字义及精神")

(3) 中国月底发射“天宫一号”太空舱. BBC Chinese, Sept 20, 2011.

(4) 不买电视许可证的各种理由. BBC Chinese, Sept 20, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukchina/simp/uk_life/2011/09/110920_life_tv_licence_dodge.shtml
("英国法律规定各家必须买电视许可证（TV Licence），每年缴费，才可以合法在家看电视。* * * 电视许可证收费每年涨。今年彩电许可证是145.50英镑，被查到逃避缴费，罚款最多是1千英镑")


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