Posted on 06/17/2004 8:10:28 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government was asked to beef up Taiwan's defense against possible attack from China as Congress debated an independent report seeking a revamp of Washington's one-China policy.
The bipartisan US-China Economic and Security Review Commission proposed on Tuesday that Washington reform its policies towards Beijing on economy and security, including the one-China policy which dictates relations with Taiwan.
Members of the commission testified on Wednesday before the powerful House Armed Services Committee, urging the government to consider stepping up military aid to Taiwan to counter China's defense build-up against the island.
Commission member Carolyn Bartholomew said the call for a fresh assessment of US cross-Strait policy was made against the backdrop of China's "ratcheting up its military modernization program aimed at Taiwan" amid growing frictions between China and Taiwan.
"Everybody keeps talking about maintaining the status quo in cross-Strait relations but the status quo actually keeps changing," she said, pointing out that the one-China policy was outdated as it was crafted 25 years ago when China was not a military and economic power.
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Pardon my French, but Taiwan can suck a d***. Could their timing have possibly been any less opportune?
I don't know. The beginning of the construction of a Minute Man III silo or two in Taiwan might raise some hackles over in Beiging
"Could their timing have possibly been any less opportune?"
What's wrong with their timing?
they are wealthy enough to defend themselves
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