(2) 希拉里：未来十年美国需加大对亚太投入. BBC Chinese, Oct 11, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/10/111011_us_asia_diplomacy.shtml
(3) Indonesia to Buy Korean Submarines. Chosun, Oct 11, 2011
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/10/11/2011101100913.html
(Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, both of S Korea)
(4) J Michael Cole, Former US defense chief lauds Taiwan. Taipei Times, Oct 12, 2011 (available now)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/10/12/2003515540
(Donald Rumsfeld)
Note: Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation 財團法人兩岸交流遠景基金會
(5) US needs trade deals with Taiwan, Japan: Huntsman. AFP, Oct 10, 2011.
(6) China Takes An Expensive Hit. Strategy Page, Oct 11, 2011.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htwin/articles/20111011.aspx
Quote:
"The Russians also appear confident that the Chinese are not going to solve their engine manufacturing problems any time soon. This can be seen in how China openly (and unsuccessfully) protested restrictions Russia on the use of AL-31FN engines. Russia wants guarantees that the AL-31FNs will only be used to power Chinese warplanes, and that none of them will be disassembled to assist Chinese engineers in perfecting the illegal Chinese clone of the AL-31FN, the WS-10A 太行.
"No more talk of using the WS-10A on a large scale.
(7) Po Hang Retires To The Tropics. Strategy Page, Oct 11, 2011
("South Korea is donating one of its recently retired Po Hang class corvettes to the Philippines Navy")
Note: Pohang class corvette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohang_class_corvette
is named after city of Pohang 浦項市.