Pres. Ma Demanded F-16C/Ds

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Keith B Richburg, Amid Warming Relations with China, Taiwan's President Seeks More U.S. Arms. Washington Post, Feb 17, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/17/AR2011021702176.html
("Ma, in an interview, said Taiwan needed both new F-16C/D fighter jets to modernize its fleet, and also upgrades to its existing F-16A/B class fighters")


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(1) 学者: 中国在非洲对美形成制衡. VOA Chinese, Feb 17, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110217-China-Said-Investor-Africa-116394044.html
("在中国商务部2月17日举行的例行发布会上，商务部发言人姚坚在会上说，中国已经成为非洲第一大贸易伙伴国，同时非洲跃居中国第四大海外投资目的地")

(2) News reports in chronological order.
(a) Julian Ryall, China accused of secretly salvaging sunken British submarine containing 18 lost sailors. Telegraph, June 12, 2009.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5515941/China-accused-of-secretly-salvaging-sunken-British-submarine-containing-18-lost-sailors.html

Quote:

"HMS Poseidon sank in 130ft of water on June 9, 1931, after a collision with a Chinese merchant steamer 20 miles north of the British naval base at Weihai.

American historian Steven Schwankert "has been investigating the fate of the Poseidon since coming across references to its salvage in an obscure Chinese magazine titled 'Modern Ships' in 2005.

"Subsequent research turned up further clues, including a passing mention of operation to recover vessel on the Shanghai Salvage Bureau website.

"The biggest unanswered question is over the remains of the 18 crew who were unable to escape when the submarine, built by Vickers in Barrow in 1929, sank.

Schwankert "does not believe that HMS Poseidon was salvaged in order to learn any technological secrets that it might have contained as Chinese submarines were already based on more advanced Soviet vessels.

"'Technically it is a war grave, even though it was not sunk in combat'

(b) Julian Ryall, Family of lost submarine crew demands answers. Telegraph, June 25, 2009.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5541354/Family-of-lost-submarine-crew-demands-answers.html

(c) Julian Ryall, China admits secretly salvaging British submarine HMS Poseidon. Telegraph, Nov 13, 2009.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6561998/China-admits-secretly-salvaging-British-submarine-HMS-Poseidon.html

Quote:

"Beijing has only confirmed that it raised and scrapped the Poseidon in 1972 after its fate was reported by The Daily Telegraph shortly after the anniversary of the sinking on June 9.

"But China's claim that the hull of the vessel contained no human remains, identity tags, watches, rings or other personal items has provoked anger among relatives of the men who died.

"In a statement, the [UK] Ministry of Defence said it 'takes very seriously the issue of the sovereignty of United Kingdom maritime graves.'

(d) Thomas Harding and Julian Ryall, Families of HMS Poseidon victims urge David Cameron to press China for answers. Telegraph, Feb 16, 2011.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/8304497/Families-of-HMS-Poseidon-victims-urge-David-Cameron-to-press-China-for-answers.html

My comment: Read (a), as well as nothing else except the quote for (b) to (d).


(3) New missile 'ready by 2015.' Global Times, Feb 18, 2011.
http://military.globaltimes.cn/china/2011-02/624275.html

My comment: The report does not disclose anything about the new missile. There is no need to read the report, except this quotation:

"The source also unveiled that 'the Chinese-made Dong Feng 21D missile, with firing range between 1800 and 2800 kilometers, is already deployed in the army.'  Foreign media have also speculated that the Dong Feng 21D is a 'carrier killer' and would prove to be a game-changer in the Asian security environment, where US Navy aircraft carrier battle groups have ruled the waves since the end of World War II, the AP reported.
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