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U.S. to Sell Defensive Radar to Taiwan; China Denounces

April 2, 2004 :: Straits Times :: News

Taiwan is preparing to buy a long-range ground-based early-warning radar from the United States which would allow Taiwan to detect Chinese missile launches.
        Since the announcement of the sale on Tuesday, China has been attacking the sale, worth some 1.78 billion. “We have always opposed US sales of advanced weapons to Taiwan,” said Kong Quan, a foreign ministry spokesman. A State Department spokesman defended the sale by noting that the radars are “inherently defensive.” The sale had originally been approved by the Clinton administration in 1999.
        China’s irritation stems from the fact that any effective defenses which could be used to deter China could then be use to assure a formal declaration of independence by the island.  (Article)

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