美对台或热络

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(1) 安华, 川普准备大幅增加美国军火出口. VOA Chinese, Feb 21, 2018.
https://www.voachinese.com/a/trump-us-arms-20180221/4264692.html

(2) 钟辰芳, 北京压迫之际美国国会代表访台挺军售. VOA Chinese, Feb 21, 2018.
https://www.voachinese.com/a/us- ... 180221/4264987.html

Quote:

"星期三，由参议院 '台湾连线' [ Senate Taiwan Caucus; the other co-chair is Marco-Rubio (R-FL); the counterpart in the House of Representatives is Congressional Taiwan Caucus (135 out of 435 members) ] 共同主席之一的共和党籍参议员殷霍夫 (James Inhofe, R-OK)带领的参访团在台北与台湾总统蔡英文会面 [on Feb 21; '20到22日访台期间']

"台湾媒体报道，包括轰-6、运-8和歼-11在内的12架中国空军军机，当地时间星期二 [Feb 20, 2018] 中午穿越台湾南部巴士海峡到太平洋进行 '远海长航' 演训，并循原路径返航

"参议员殷霍夫及其他三位参议员朗兹(Michael Rounds, R-SD)、恩丝特 (Joni Ernst, R-IA)、苏利文(Daniel Sullivan, R-AK)都是参议院军事委员会成员 [States Senate Committee on Armed Services, whose chairman is John McCain (R-AZ)]，众议员凯利(Trent Kelly, R-MS)是众议院军事委员会成员。

"殷霍夫也强调，对于军售，美国 '有许多厂商都想要与台湾做生意，' 美台是彼此 '最好的伙伴，'美国政府会全力支持加强台湾防卫能力。

"与此同时，台湾《自由时报》近日报道，每年一度的美台国防工业会议今年将首度在台湾南部的高雄举行

(3) Lawrence Chung, US Defence Talks in Taiwan 'Risk Angering Beijing.' South China Morning Post, Feb 20, 2018
www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomac ... alks-taiwan-chinese

Note:
(a) "Hu Benliang, a Taiwan affairs specialist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences"  中国社会科学院台湾研究所 胡本良
(b) "Liu Guoshen, head of Xiamen University's Taiwan Research Institute"  厦门大学台湾研究院两岸协创中心主任 刘国深
(c) "Wang Kung-yi, a political-science professor at the Chinese Culture University in Taipei"  王崑義 does not work for that university.

(4) 羅添斌, 美台國防工業會議 美重要官員可望出席; 五月首次在台舉行 十餘家國際大廠參與. Liberty Times, Feb 11, 2018
http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/paper/1176450
("由於美國當局將取消官員來台層級的限制，美國現職重要官員屆時來台與會的機率相當高。美台國防工業會議自二○○二年開始舉行，至去年為止，每年會議都在美國境內舉行 [annually, or once a year] * * * 美方最新的規劃是自今年起，美台國防工業會議將採一年舉行兩次的方式辦理，上半年在台灣舉行，性質以廠商對廠商的技術交流層面為主，雙方官員溝通交流為輔；下半年在美舉行，以台美國防工業政策面進行對話及討論")

(5) Christina Zhao, China Warns Trump Administration Will 'Suffer Complete Humiliation' If Washington Continues to Provoke Beijing. Newsweek Jan 23, 2018
http://www.newsweek.com/china-wa ... miliation-if-788149
("Beijing has hit back at the US after Washington sailed a guided-missile destroyer near the disputed Huangyan Island—otherwise known as Scarborough Shoal—last Wednesday without permission from the Chinese government.  The USS Hooper warship was spotted within 12 nautical miles of the island and described as part of 'routine' operations in international waters by the Pentagon")

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