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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2069 world Taiwan en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:25:39 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2069 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_taiwan_submarines nm/20100209/us_taiwan_submarines Reuters topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:25:39 GMT Reuters - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinausmilitaryweapons afp/20100209/taiwanchinausmilitaryweapons AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:07:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinausmilitaryweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265734031991-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pjy25__u9W6C_jDanvafTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The world's largest unmanned submarine, the 111 foot LSV 2 "Cutthroat" being housed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in 2005 in Idaho. Taiwan on Tuesday dismissed a report saying the island has dropped a request for US submarines, saying the vessels and fighter jets remained on the island's arms procurement agenda.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff T. Green)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwan on Tuesday dismissed a report saying the island has dropped a request for US submarines, saying the vessels and fighter jets remained on the island's arms procurement agenda.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinausmilitaryweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265734031991-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pjy25__u9W6C_jDanvafTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The world's largest unmanned submarine, the 111 foot LSV 2 "Cutthroat" being housed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in 2005 in Idaho. Taiwan on Tuesday dismissed a report saying the island has dropped a request for US submarines, saying the vessels and fighter jets remained on the island's arms procurement agenda.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff T. Green)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_taiwan_china_us_arms_sale ap/20100209/as_taiwan_china_us_arms_sale AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:47:05 GMT AP - A Taiwanese lawmaker says the island's navy commander told him that the island still wants to acquire diesel submarines from the United States, despite their absence from a recent U.S. arms package. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanpopulationdemographicsbirthrate afp/20100208/taiwanpopulationdemographicsbirthrate AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:24:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanpopulationdemographicsbirthrate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265647713679-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=w5Cw19ltw4ToIQkggtmyyA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Nursing staff take care of new-born babies wrapped in Hello Kitty blankets at Hau Sheng hospital in Yuanlin, in Changhua county, central Taiwan, on January 2009. Taiwan's birth rate hit a record low in 2009, making it amongst the lowest in the world, the government said Sunday.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwan's birth rate hit a record low in 2009, making it amongst the lowest in the world, the government said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanpopulationdemographicsbirthrate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265647713679-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=w5Cw19ltw4ToIQkggtmyyA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nursing staff take care of new-born babies wrapped in Hello Kitty blankets at Hau Sheng hospital in Yuanlin, in Changhua county, central Taiwan, on January 2009. Taiwan's birth rate hit a record low in 2009, making it amongst the lowest in the world, the government said Sunday.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinapoliticskinmen afp/20100208/taiwanchinapoliticskinmen AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:44:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinapoliticskinmen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265640191654-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qwbzpaDZzB9NeLqgDkrBdg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A fortified coastline along Taiwan's Kinmen Island. Taiwan has given the green light for building a bridge between two small islands that it controls off China, in what officials called a first step towards connecting the islets with the mainland.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwan on Monday gave the green light for building a bridge between two small islands that it controls off China, in what officials called a first step towards connecting the islets with the mainland.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinapoliticskinmen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265640191654-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qwbzpaDZzB9NeLqgDkrBdg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A fortified coastline along Taiwan's Kinmen Island. Taiwan has given the green light for building a bridge between two small islands that it controls off China, in what officials called a first step towards connecting the islets with the mainland.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanpoliticscorruptionchendetention afp/20100208/taiwanpoliticscorruptionchendetention AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:58:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanpoliticscorruptionchendetention"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265630150474-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=gduTXO0Tz9a5mFNdyhHZ5A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian, seen here in 2008, is appealing his life sentence for corruption. Prosecutor-general Chen Tsung-ming has tendered his resignation after being impeached over his handling of an investigation into the former leadeer.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwan's High Court ruled on Monday that convicted former president Chen Shui-bian would be held for another two months after his detention order expires late this month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanpoliticscorruptionchendetention"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265630150474-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=gduTXO0Tz9a5mFNdyhHZ5A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian, seen here in 2008, is appealing his life sentence for corruption. Prosecutor-general Chen Tsung-ming has tendered his resignation after being impeached over his handling of an investigation into the former leadeer.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinauspoliticsmilitaryweapons afp/20100208/taiwanchinauspoliticsmilitaryweapons AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:41:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinauspoliticsmilitaryweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265611233154-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=66&q=85&sig=FZ8I6BAiz5odR1_odSl7Yg--" align="left" height="66" width="130" alt="Taiwanese tanks are seen during an annual drill at the Hukuo army base in northern Hsinchu. The island's top negotiator with China has said that ties with Beijing had not been affected by a recently announced US arms package, adding that trade talks would go on as scheduled.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwan's top negotiator with China said Monday that ties with Beijing had not been affected by a recently announced US arms package for the island, adding that trade talks would go on as scheduled.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/taiwanchinauspoliticsmilitaryweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265611233154-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=66&q=85&sig=FZ8I6BAiz5odR1_odSl7Yg--" align="left" height="66" width="130" alt="photo" title="Taiwanese tanks are seen during an annual drill at the Hukuo army base in northern Hsinchu. The island's top negotiator with China has said that ties with Beijing had not been affected by a recently announced US arms package, adding that trade talks would go on as scheduled.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/ts_nm/us_china_usa_arms nm/20100205/us_china_usa_arms Reuters topstories Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:54:39 GMT Reuters - China is indignant about new U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and its opposition to them is "very reasonable," Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/wl_nm/us_taiwan_helicopter nm/20100205/us_taiwan_helicopter Reuters world Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:18:20 GMT Reuters - Taiwan said on Friday it would buy up to 20 military helicopters from a European manufacturer less than a week after Washington infuriated China by proposing a $6.4 billion arms deal for the island which Beijing claims as its own. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100202/wl_csm/277486 csm/20100202/277486 The Christian Science Monitor world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:54:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Twelve months of friendly American diplomatic overtures and weeks of private warnings were not enough. Since Washington announced last week a $6.4 billion weapons sale to Taiwan, an island Beijing regards as a renegade province, China has vented its anger just as fiercely as ever. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/chinausdiplomacy afp/20100202/chinausdiplomacy AFP world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:56:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/chinausdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265079812474-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=9gx7ArI6eeKjHm4KKnfN7g--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="The Dalai Lama outside the Capitol dome in Washington, DC in 2007. China has warned President Barack Obama not to meet the Dalai Lama and threatened diplomatic reprisals over US arms sales to Taiwan, widening an escalating feud between the world's top powers.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China on Tuesday warned President Barack Obama not to meet the Dalai Lama and threatened diplomatic reprisals over US arms sales to Taiwan, widening an escalating feud between the world's top powers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/chinausdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265079812474-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=9gx7ArI6eeKjHm4KKnfN7g--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Dalai Lama outside the Capitol dome in Washington, DC in 2007. China has warned President Barack Obama not to meet the Dalai Lama and threatened diplomatic reprisals over US arms sales to Taiwan, widening an escalating feud between the world's top powers.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us ap/20100202/as_china_us AP world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:09:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265096026259-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=jZ4QWFEcjhzZULMtL0nlZg--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="Graphic map of Taiwan and the Chinese coast, plus details of the US arms sale. It is too early to speculate on the impact of any Chinese sanctions on US companies as a result of arms sales to Taiwan, a senior Boeing official said Tuesday. China is Boeing's biggest international market, and the company is working hard to grab the lion's share of the booming demand(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AP - China repeated its protests of a U.S. arms sales to Taiwan on Tuesday, but offered no new details on threatened retaliation such as sanctions against American companies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265096026259-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=jZ4QWFEcjhzZULMtL0nlZg--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="photo" title="Graphic map of Taiwan and the Chinese coast, plus details of the US arms sale. It is too early to speculate on the impact of any Chinese sanctions on US companies as a result of arms sales to Taiwan, a senior Boeing official said Tuesday. China is Boeing's biggest international market, and the company is working hard to grab the lion's share of the booming demand(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/wl_nm/us_china_usa nm/20100202/us_china_usa Reuters world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:25:31 GMT Reuters - China said a possible meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would further harm Sino-U.S. relations, and vowed to go ahead with unspecified sanctions against U.S. firms selling arms to Taiwan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitary afp/20100202/ustaiwanchinamilitary AFP world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:47:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265075083807-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=CmJ_ktVDLJlNihC3ahM2mg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="File photo shows Taiwanese soldiers manning US-made anti-tank missiles during a military event in the island's capital, Taipei. The US has urged China 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.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States has urged China 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265075083807-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=CmJ_ktVDLJlNihC3ahM2mg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="File photo shows Taiwanese soldiers manning US-made anti-tank missiles during a military event in the island's capital, Taipei. The US has urged China 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.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitarydiplomacy afp/20100202/ustaiwanchinamilitarydiplomacy AFP world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:22:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitarydiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265095269533-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=RpZxFllb_VnbJ_WRYG9EfA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army seen in Beijing. China has warned the United States that their cooperation on international and regional issues could suffer over Washington's decision to sell arms to Taiwan.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China on Tuesday warned the United States that their cooperation on international and regional issues could suffer over Washington's decision to sell arms to Taiwan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitarydiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265095269533-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=RpZxFllb_VnbJ_WRYG9EfA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army seen in Beijing. China has warned the United States that their cooperation on international and regional issues could suffer over Washington's decision to sell arms to Taiwan.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/india_nm/india458430 nm/20100202/india458430 Reuters world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:11:59 GMT Reuters - China said it would go ahead with threatened sanctions against U.S. companies selling arms to Taiwan unless they halted sales. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/india_nm/india457957 nm/20100201/india457957 Reuters world Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:21:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/india_nm/india457957"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100201/i/ra153762057.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=36OVKspt0kfyoghO2CPPNQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Soldiers drive their M48H/CM-11 tanks during an army exercise in Hsinchu, central Taiwan January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky Loh" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chinese state media blasted the United States on Monday for a planned $6.4 billion arms package for Taiwan but U.S. officials said they hoped the flap would be temporary and not derail cooperation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/india_nm/india457957"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100201/i/ra153762057.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=36OVKspt0kfyoghO2CPPNQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Soldiers drive their M48H/CM-11 tanks during an army exercise in Hsinchu, central Taiwan January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky Loh" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/wl_asia_afp/taiwanweathertyphoonwaterproject afp/20100201/taiwanweathertyphoonwaterproject AFP world Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:47:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/wl_asia_afp/taiwanweathertyphoonwaterproject"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100201/capt.photo_1265042700422-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hiyeuJvfjR6bq9m37Bt6Ig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Stranded villagers make their way across a makeshift bamboo bridge over raging floodwater in Hsinfa village, in the Luikuei township of southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung county. An investigation into deadly mudslides that struck during a typhoon last year found that record rainfall rather than a tunnel project was to blame for the disaster, Taiwanese officials have said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An investigation into deadly mudslides that struck during a typhoon last year found that record rainfall rather than a tunnel project was to blame for the disaster, Taiwanese officials said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/wl_asia_afp/taiwanweathertyphoonwaterproject"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100201/capt.photo_1265042700422-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hiyeuJvfjR6bq9m37Bt6Ig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Stranded villagers make their way across a makeshift bamboo bridge over raging floodwater in Hsinfa village, in the Luikuei township of southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung county. An investigation into deadly mudslides that struck during a typhoon last year found that record rainfall rather than a tunnel project was to blame for the disaster, Taiwanese officials have said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_taiwan_arm_sales ap/20100201/as_china_us_taiwan_arm_sales AP world Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:32:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_taiwan_arm_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100130/capt.bd8ce0229697406abfe41eb9fbd35251.china_us_taiwan_arms_sales_xhg101.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=QdnWOCk62mMyZn7bnM8iXQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A Chinese family looks inside the cockpit of a Chinese made fighter jet near the remains of U.S. made Taiwanese reconnaissance planes shot down by China in the 1960's on display at the military museum in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. China angrily summoned the U.S. ambassador on Saturday and warned that a plan to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan would harm already strained ties. One Chinese expert said the sale would give Beijing a 'fair and proper reason' to accelerate weapons testing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's threats to punish U.S. companies involved in a major arms sale to Taiwan are raising questions over whether Beijing could pull it off without undermining its own aviation industries.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_taiwan_arm_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100130/capt.bd8ce0229697406abfe41eb9fbd35251.china_us_taiwan_arms_sales_xhg101.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=QdnWOCk62mMyZn7bnM8iXQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Chinese family looks inside the cockpit of a Chinese made fighter jet near the remains of U.S. made Taiwanese reconnaissance planes shot down by China in the 1960's on display at the military museum in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. China angrily summoned the U.S. ambassador on Saturday and warned that a plan to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan would harm already strained ties. One Chinese expert said the sale would give Beijing a 'fair and proper reason' to accelerate weapons testing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitarymedia afp/20100201/ustaiwanchinamilitarymedia AFP world Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:31:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitarymedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100201/capt.photo_1265027460250-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=5oYa06mperC6tM.SAdt4tg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The state-run English-language China Daily with a headline slamming US arms sales to Taiwan, in Beijing. China's state media has accused Washington of "arrogance" and "double standards" in going ahead with arms sales to Taiwan, saying Beijing's threat to penalise US companies over the deal was very real.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China's state media on Monday lashed out at Washington's "arrogance" and "double standards" in going ahead with arms sales to Taiwan, saying Beijing's threat to penalise US companies over the deal was very real.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/taiwan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinamilitarymedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100201/capt.photo_1265027460250-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=5oYa06mperC6tM.SAdt4tg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="The state-run English-language China Daily with a headline slamming US arms sales to Taiwan, in Beijing. China's state media has accused Washington of "arrogance" and "double standards" in going ahead with arms sales to Taiwan, saying Beijing's threat to penalise US companies over the deal was very real.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)