美媒指台推动军购不力，台国防部反驳

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VOA Chinese, July 27, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110727-taiwan-rebutted-procurement-report-126237498.html

Note: The report cites
Bill Gertz, Chinese Jets Chase US Surveillance Jet Over Taiwan Strait. Washington Times, July 25, 2011.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/25/chinese-jets-chase-us-surveillance-jet-over-taiwan/


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(1) Ben Blanchard and Phil Stewart, China Protests US Spy Flights Near Its Coast. Reuters, July 27, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/us-china-usa-spy-idUSTRE76Q3YK20110727?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
(discrepancy over where it happened. Taiwan military said in Taiwan Strait but Pentagon points to East China Sea)

(2) 英国驱逐利比亚外交官，承认反对派
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110727-Libya-126242188.html

(3) 中国首艘改建航母或于八月试水
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110727-China-rebuilds-aircraft-carrier.html
(the last paragraph: "海军军事学术研究所研究员、海军大校李杰对媒体表示，中国可以制造巨型油轮，“但大型军舰的钢板设计、飞行甲板技术以及船体的抗盐碱度等技术，还不能完全满足制造航母的要求")

My comment: There is no need ot read the rest, for there is nothing new. Compared with
中国首次证实建造航空母舰计划
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110727_china_carrier.shtml
, it is news only because 中国国防部发言人耿雁生 confirmed its existence.

(4) Backgrounder: Aircraft carriers. Xinhua, July 27, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/27/c_131013437.htm
("The first modern aircraft carrier, the 14,459-ton HMS Argus, was built by Britain in May 1918 and was capable of carrying 20 aircraft")

(5) David Axe, China’s Plan to Beat U.S.: Missiles, Missiles and More Missiles. Wired, July 27, 2011
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/china-plan-to-beat-u-s/
("In an air war over Taiwan, hundreds of miles from most Chinese bases, only those 50 fighters would be able to spend more than a few minutes’ flight time over the battlefield. Factoring in tankers, China’s four-to-one advantage in jet fighters compared to Taiwan actually shrinks to a roughly seven-to-one disadvantage. The gap only grows when you add U.S. fighters to the mix")
Note:
(a) For H-6U, see Xian H-6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_H-6
(section 2.2 Aerial refuelling versions, includng Xian HY-6U, where HY-6 stands for Hongzhaji You 油-6)
(b) The article mentions a bunch names, who are obviously authors of papers that appear in Chinese Aerospace Power.

(6) Vincent Y. Chao and Shih Hsiu-chuan, Wu Rejects Killer’s Homage to Taiwan. Taipei, July 26, 2011 (available now)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/07/28/2003509310
(Taiwan premier rejected Norwegian killer's manifesto that praised Taiwan's "monoculturalism")

  

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