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VOA Chinese, Jan 12, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20100112-China_US-Asia-Pacific-113351259.html
My comment: Curiously Taiwan is NOT mentioned. The absence is conspicuous.
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(1) 台朝野关切中国成功试飞隐形战机. VOA Chinese, Jan 12, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110112-TAIWANS-REACTION-J20-GATES_China-113346119.html
(2)
(a) 中国领导人对周二战斗机试飞感到惊讶. VOA Chinese, Jan 11, 2011 (更新时间 2011年 1月 11日 星期二 11:26 PM 格林威治标准时间).
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20100110-Gates-China-113310174.html
(b) 歼-20试飞 胡锦涛事先不知情? VOA Chinese, Jan 11, 2011 (更新时间 2011年 1月 12日 星期三02:39 AM 格林威治标准时间).
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20100110-GATES-HU-JINTAO-113315494.html
Quote:
"随同盖茨到北京访问的美国军方记者星期二透露说,盖茨向胡锦涛提出歼-20问题的时候,起初,包括胡锦涛在内的、不穿军服的领导人似乎根本不知道盖茨在说什么。中方领导人进行了有关询问以后,向美方证实了试飞确有发生.
"不过,包括胡锦涛在内的中国领导人是否真地对歼-20的试飞事先并不知情呢?对此,美国一些军事问题专家认为,这纯粹是'瞎扯'
"那么,胡锦涛在和盖茨会谈期间,为什么要'王顾左右而言他、' 不公开大胆地说'对,我们的隐形飞机就是刚刚在成都试飞了!你看我们中国人多了不起!'?
"至于盖茨在记者会上为什么说相信胡锦涛“事先不知情”的说法,理查德.费舍尔说,盖茨真正怎么想,外界很难知道 * * * 费舍尔星期二(1月11号)在华盛顿接受美国之音采访时说:'胡锦涛下星期就要到华盛顿访问了。盖茨不会在这个时候在一大堆麦克风前说,"胡锦涛你是个骗子。" 那中美两国领导人,下面还怎么谈呢?!'
My comment: This sounds like a scenario in 春秋戰國.
(3) So far, VOA Chinese reports the first test-flight of J-20 in two ways.
(a) Pres. Hu Jintao confirmed the test flight to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, ONLY AFTER he checked out Gates' statement.
(b) 中国媒体报道隐形战斗机首次试飞. VOA Chinese, Jan 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110111-CHINA-STEALTH-FIGHTER-113260829.html
My comment: The nuance of (3)(b) is that is what China media say, rather than independently verified by US sources (satellite or intelligence).
(4) 对台军售:盖茨,梁光烈各唱各的调. VOA Chinese, Jan 11, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110111-GATES-CHINA-TAIWAN-ARMS-SALES-113295564.html
Quote:
"*美再售台导弹*
"盖茨上周末在飞往北京访问的途中对随行记者说,美中关系的基础是3个公报和台湾关系法,多年来美国在对台军售上非常有选择性(selective),目的就是要极力确保售台武器属于防御性质。
"在星期一的共同记者会上,中国记者也问到五角大楼上个月宣布对台湾出售226枚陆军战术导弹(ATACMS)的问题。
"盖茨说,这是布什总统2008年批准的军售,纯粹是空中防御导弹,并非地对地的战术导弹。
My comment:
(a) I did not know this until I read this report. Otherwise there is no need to read this report.
(b) MGM-140 ATACMS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-140_ATACMS
(The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATacMS) is a surface-to-surface missile (SSM), range over 100 miles, with solid propellant, 13 feet height and 24 inches diameter, manufactured by Lockheed Martin; On 20 December 2010, Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract for $916 million for 226 ‘tactical missiles’ and 24 launcher modification kits for the UAE and Taiwan)
So these two nations are so far the only FOREIGN buyers.
(c) I had no idea what the missile was. When I read the report, I thought the Secretary was talking about 非地对地. Now that it is, I guess his emphasis must be 战术 (strategic; as opposed to tactical).
(5) 简讯:塔吉克斯坦割让一些有争议的土地给中国. VOA Chinese, Jan 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110112-TAJIKISTAN-113370839.html
(6) 盖茨访问北京战略核导弹司令部. BBC Chinese, Jan 12, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/01/110112_us_china.shtml
("在2009年10至11月中国军方官员访美之际,美国方面曾允许中国官员参观统辖核武器运用的美战略军司令部。'二炮'司令部很少有外国领导人到访,此次盖茨之行可谓'礼尚往来'")
My comment: There is no need to read the rest. For 美战略军司令部, see
United States Strategic Command
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command
(USSTRATCOM; is one of the ten Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD); established in 1992; charged with United States nuclear arsenal, among other things; headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha, Nebraska)
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