Despite Sale Notices to Congress, US Has Ordered Few Weapons for Taiwan

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(1) Jim Wolf, EXCLUSIVE - Arms Deliveries to Taiwan Lag: US Draft Study. Reuters, Nov 5, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/11/04/idINIndia-60337720111104

My comment
(a) The thrusdt of the report is US executive branch has placed few orders for weaponry it had notified Congress in 2008 (under Bush) or 2010 (under Obama).
(b) There has been chatters from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that US is timid entrusting advanced weaponry to the Ma administration. This report--or Congressional draft report--did not seem to address the possibility (because politically this will be a can of worms--remember both US and American talking heads consciously omit Taiwan in regard to China strategy).

(2)
(a) 美中利益重叠 美专家称两国应力避冲突. VOA Chinese, Nov 4, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... hina-133277938.html
(美国前国家安全顾问布热津斯基在美国世界事务理事会年会 World Affairs Council of America (WACA))
(b) 中国问题专家：中国并非全球性大国. VOA Chinese, Nov 4, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... ence-133257868.html
(at WACA)

Quote:

"乔治.华盛顿大学政治学和国际关系教授沈大伟(David Shambaugh)认为，中国是一个全球性的参与者(a global actor)，但不是一个全球性的大国(a global power)。

"在外交领域，沈大伟认为，中国几乎参与了所有双边和多边会议，但是他们的影响力不大，并没有影响这些会议的结果，有的时候甚至不影响会议的议程，除了把对于中国来说非常关键的台湾、西藏等问题排除在议程之外。他认为，中国更感兴趣的是成为谈判桌上的一员，而不是试图影响谈判的结果，包括在北韩问题上。

(3) 台总统选举民调，外银指“极不可靠.” VOA Chinese, Nov 4, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... tion-133269718.html
("前美国在台协会台北办事处处长包道格、华盛顿史汀生中心亚洲项目主任容安澜、乔治城大学历史系教授唐耐心等人最近在一个台湾研讨会上不约而同表示，他们经常参考台湾远见民调中心的相关数据"; 包道格：怀疑有政治动机)

(4) 小猪扑满在台湾选举中引争议. VOA Chinese, Nov 4, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... ersy-133193153.html

(5) 美军少将蔑视阿富汗领导层遭免职. BBC Chinese, Nov 5, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... general_fired.shtml

Note: Peter Fuller, top US commander in Afghanistan

(6) 中国驻印度大使因边界地图惹争议. BBC Chinese, Nov 4, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... ina_india_map.shtml

, which is translated from
China Envoy in India Map Outburst. BBC, Nov 4, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15588247
("A map drawn up by the firm showed the state of Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh in China and a disputed part of Kashmir as Pakistani territory")

(7) 斯里兰卡再变卦 中航技获新合同. BBC Chinese, Nov 4, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... anka_contract.shtml
("斯里兰卡与中国航空技术进出口公司（CATIC）签署一份价值8960万美元的新合同，将该国莫勒图沃大学的理工学院搬迁至新校区。就在一个星期前，斯里兰卡取消与中国航空技术进出口公司（CATIC）签署的价值5亿美元的酒店投资协议")

Note: China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi ... _Export_Corporation
(CATIC; 中航技进出口有限责任公司; state-owned; a leading trading corporation of China, its core business is aviation defense product, both import and export; Founded  1979; Headquarters  Beijing)