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US obligated to ensure Taiwan's self-defence: PentagonTokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 The United States will continue to meet its obligation to help Taiwan defend itself, a US military official said Monday amid a tense row with Beijing over US arms sales to Taipei. The Pentagon on Friday approved the 6.4 billion-dollar sale of Patriot missiles, Black Hawk helicopters, mine-hunting ships and other weaponry to Taiwan, sparking furious protests from China. But the US assistant secretary of defence for the Asia-Pacific region, Wallace Gregson, said Monday in a speech in Tokyo that th ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010After a year of wooing China, President Barack Obama is showing a new side by brazenly defying the rising Asian power - while hoping that the rift will be temporary. The Obama administration on Friday signed off on a 6.4 billion-dollar arms package for Taiwan. China, which claims the island, had repeatedly warned against the sale and retaliated by vowing to punish US companies. Obama co ... more
Dharamshala, India (AFP) Feb 2, 2010Tibet's government in exile Tuesday dismissed a strongly worded warning from China against any possible meeting between the Dalai Lama and US President Barack Obama. "From our perspective, we feel the role of the United States is to facilitate a just and honest dialogue between the Dalai Lama's envoys and the government of China," said the exiled government's spokesman, Thubten Samphel. ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010The United States urged China on Monday not to slap sanctions on US companies selling arms to Taiwan, as the firms tried to stay out of President Barack Obama's biggest row yet with Beijing. The Obama administration said it remained committed to pursuing a broad relationship with China, which reacted furiously to a US announcement Friday it was selling 6.4 billion dollars in weapons to Taiwa ... more |
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China Aiming To Have Its Own GPS In Place By 2012Beijing, China (XNA) Jan 18, 2010 China is in a rush to build its version of the Global Positioning System (GPS), by planning to launch 10 Beidou navigation satellites between now and 2012, a newly launched official website said. "The Beidou (Compass) Navigation Satellite System, which will be completed in 2020 with 35 satellites, will enable China to shake off its dependence on GPS and achieve huge economic benefits," Pang Zhihao, a senior researcher with the China Academy of Space Technology, told China Daily. Na ... read more |
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