美将宣布近60亿元军售 薄瑞光挺战机升级

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VOA Chinese, Sept 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110920-US-TAIWAN-JETS-130245723.html

(2) 廖漢原, 薄瑞光：軍售近60億美元. Central News Agency, Sept 21, 2011
http://www2.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=FirstNews&ID=201109210001
("對於美國國務院資深官員首度主動提出台灣民眾赴美免簽證待遇計畫，薄瑞光強調，軍售和簽證是兩回事，台灣很快就會有免簽待遇，象徵雙方關係更加穩固")

(3) John J Tkacik Jr, White House Bickering and Taiwan’s F-16s. Washington Times, Sept 20, 2011
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/20/white-house-bickering-and-taiwans-f-16s/
(The Pentagon has completed a congressionally mandated report on Taiwan’s air-power requirements, which, though still classified, says Taiwan’s air force "needs a new fleet of STOVL 'short take-off and vertical landing' jets that can use the island’s modern highways as runways. In short, Taiwan needs the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, a STOVL jet that is designed for export to America’s friends and allies.")

Note: abjure (vt; Latin abjurare, from ab- + jurare to swear): "to renounce upon oath"


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(1) 中国对印越拟开发南海油气发出警告. VOA Chinese, Sept 20, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110920-INDIA--CHINA-OIL-130230713.html

(2) 骆家辉敦促中国降低贸易壁垒. VOA Chinese, Sept 20, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110920-China-US-130228753.html
(the last paragraph: "不久前，一名在大连参加世界经济论坛的中国记者问骆家辉大使说，他是否因为美国欠了中国巨额债务才搭乘经济舱，骆家辉回答说，在美国，官员乘坐经济舱出行是一般规则")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest of the report.

(3) 美国就鸡肉争端向世贸组织起诉中国. VOA Chinese, Sept 20, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110920-US-Files-WTO-Case-Against-China-to-Protect-American-Jobs-130219303.html
(根据美国贸易代表办公室提供的数据，在中国当局向美国鸡肉产品征收惩罚性关税之前，美国是中国最大的鸡肉产品来源。在2009年，美国向中国出口了60万吨鸡肉。可是自从中国开始对进口美国鸡肉加征反倾销 [2010年9月26日] 和反补贴关税 [2010年8月30日] 以来，美国对华鸡肉出口下降了90%。业界人士估计，假如这些惩罚性关税不取消，到今年年底，美国鸡肉生产商将在对华出口方面损失10亿美元

(4) 中国官员：罕见秋汛造成严重灾情. BBC Chinese, Sept 21, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/09/110921_china_flood_river.shtml

(5) 民进党主席蔡英文结束访美返台. BBC Chinese, Sept 21, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/09/110921_taiwan_tsai.shtml
("她此行在美期间除了同国会议员与国务院官员会谈外，也传出罕见地进入了五角大楼同美国防部官员交流")

My comment: The report says, "美方对蔡英文的高规格接待还包括了在她访问国会山庄时，赠送其一面曾悬挂在国会的美国国旗." It is sort of misleading to use "美方." Usuall it is Congress members that give out flags that fly on top of Capitol. The same happened to Ms Tsai Ing-wen.
William Lowther, Tsai Holds Closed Meeting With Powerbrokers in US. Taipei Times, Sept 16, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/09/16/2003513403
(photo caption: "Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen is presented with a US flag during a congressional reception on Wednesday night in Washington")

(6) Craig Whitlock and Greg Miller, US Assembling Secret Drone Bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Officials Say. Washington Post, Sept 20, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-building-secret-drone-bases-in-africa-arabian-peninsula-officials-say/2011/09/20/gIQAJ8rOjK_story.html

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(named after Jean Moreau de Séchelles, Louis XV’s Minister of Finance)

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