Statement Department Spokesman

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In reverse chronological order

(1) US State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley's statements on Feb. 2, 2010.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2010/02/136397.htm

What is interesting is this nugget.


"QUESTION: Does Washington consider the apparent threat of economic
sanctions or boycotting of products by certain U.S. companies as some sort
of escalating annoyance on Beijing’s part?

"MR. CROWLEY: Well, I mean, as we said when we heard that from our Chinese
friends, we regret that they have announced that step. * * *

"QUESTION: You just used the phrase that Assistant Secretary Campbell is
very fond of using over and over and over, which is 'Chinese friends.' How
friendly are they, actually, right now?

"MR. CROWLEY: He also is very fond of the word 'colleagues,' and '
interlocutors.'

"QUESTION: He uses that with the Japanese, not with the Chinese. So what
exactly is going on here? This is – I mean, I – do you really consider
them to be friends?

My comment: Googling "Kurt Campbell" plus "Chinese friends" shows Mr.
Campbell has used the term since he became Assistant Secretary of State (
last fall). He did not apply "friends" solely to "Japanese."



(2) As part of US policy on Taiwan, that China plays no role in its arms
sale to Taiwan, US has consistently evaluated a sale based on Taiwan
Relations Act (including Taiwan's defense need). In that vein, US has never
consulted, nor will it consult, China on such sale. By the same spokesman.

(a) Feb. 1, 2010.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2010/02/136356.htm
(Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with China's Foreign Minister Yang
the day before submitting the sale to Congress, but withheld the information
from Mr. Yang.)

(b) Jan. 29, 2010.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2010/01/136282.htm
(That day US notified governments of China and Taiwan at the same time,
while submitting the sale to Congress: "We did notify the PRC before this
action, just as we notified Taiwan before the notification [to Congress] was
sent forward." Please take notice that even reporters at the daily press
briefing were unaware of the fact that US just submitted the proposal to
Congress.

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