标题: US to Consider Sales of New F-16s to Taiwan [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 4-27-2012 11:02 标题: US to Consider Sales of New F-16s to Taiwan 本帖最后由 choi 于 4-27-2012 11:12 编辑
"The White House policy shift was codified in a letter sent to Sen John Cornyn (R-TX) Friday as part of a deal to get the Texas senator to release his hold on the confirmation of Mark Lippert, a close confidant of President Barack Obama whose nomination to become the top Pentagon official for Asia has been held up since October over the issue of selling F-16 fighter planes to Taiwan.
"Lippert's nomination had also been stalled by an objection by Sen John McCain (R-AZ), who wanted details on Lippert's reported feud with former National Security Advisor Jim Jones. Lippert was confirmed by the Senate late Thursday evening.
My comment:
(a) The quotation suggests the BBC writer/translator may not have heard of Project 2049 Institute, a pro-Taiwan think-tank founded in 2008 and based in Arlington, Virginia.
(b) Jim Wolf, China's Space Know-How Said Threat to US, Taiwan. Reuters, Apr 27, 2012. http://www.reuters.com/article/2 ... USBRE83Q0UD20120427
My comment:
(i) Compare the Chinese- and English versions, one will see the former is not quite precise: compare "有'巨无霸海军'之称的关岛" and "a facility on the western side of the island known as 'Big Navy.'”
(ii) There is no need to read (c) or (d).
(d) 雷禄思, 驻日美军迁移符合美国新战略. http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... apan-149231405.html