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(1) Probably the above VOA report alludes to this.
(a) John Pomfret, U.S. sells weapons to Taiwan, angering China. Washington
Post, Jan. 30, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/30/AR2010013000508.html
("But that [exclusion of F-16 C/D fighters] does not mean the Obama
administration has rejected Taiwan's request for the advanced fighters to
replace its aging air force. The Defense Department is drawing up a report
on the air power balance between China and Taiwan that could be used to push
a decision.")
My comment: The last two paragraph of this Washington Post report (that US
rejects China's request to buy Black Hawk spare parts) seems to contradict
VOA.
(b) John Pomfret, China's strident tone raises concerns among Western
governments, analysts. Washington Post, Jan. 31, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/30/AR2010013002443.html?sub=AR
My comment: "And it was his [Xie Zhenhua's] finger-pointing outburst at
President Obama behind closed doors at Copenhagen that arguably did more
than any other single recent event to turn Western opinion away from
engaging China to fearing it."
John Garnaut, Signs from Shanghai. The Age (Melbourne), Feb. 1, 2010 (
available now).
(2) In chronological order.
(a) 分析：对美制裁的雷声与雨点. BBC Chinese, Jan. 31, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/01/100131_us_china_sanctions.shtml
(There is not much China can do)
(b) 欧盟称不卷入中美间对台军售之争. BBC Chinese, Jan. 31, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/01/100131_eu_uschinataiwan.shtml
(3) Lee Shu-hua and Y.L. Kao, U.S. still assessing sale of F-16 fighters,
submarines to Taiwan. Central News Agency (Taipei), Jan. 31, 2010.
http://english.cna.com.tw/ReadNews/Detail.aspx?pSearchDate=&pNewsID=201001310017&pType1=PD&pType0=xPDCS&pTypeSel=0