November, 2009
Jeffrey Bader, the senior director in the National Security Council, said in a speech that arms sales to Taiwan would continue.
The U.S.’ one China policy based on the three U.S.-China
Joint Communiques and the Taiwan Relations Act
The U.S. doesn’t support Taiwan independence and is opposed
to unilateral attempts by either sides of the Strait.
The
2) Selling weapons to Taiwan
The Elementary of Crisis of US Selling Weapons to Taiwan (Risk of U.S. Selling Weapons to Taiwan):
1、Damage the relationship between U.S. and China:
The U.S. plan will definitely further undermine China-U.S. relations and bring about serious negative impact on exchanges and cooperation in major areas between the two countries, and lead to aftermath bo
China Threat & North Korea Threat
We can’t skip the ‘China Threat’ and ‘North Korea Threat’ in dealing with US’s strategy toward Northeast Asia. China Threat has risen to the surface after Bush Administration. And the objective is ‘policy switch toward East Asia’ and ‘readjustment of US forces in East Asia’. Especially, ‘U.S.-China Security Review’ points to their fear
China. China saw Lee’s visit as an extension of his “vacation diplomacy ” an endeavor to increase Taiwan’s visibility and status in the international arena through unofficial visits to various countries. China also felt betrayed by the U.S., who publicly supported the One-China policy since the two countries normalized relations in 1972.
Beijing reacted by taking both diplomatic and mili
related to the regional security issue
Role as a stimulus
- Active participation in the war on terror after 9/11
Demand for amendment to the article 9 (Armitage Report, 2000)
->> Raises a question about the bottle cap role
->> Lead to an arms races
1. U.S.
- Grand strategy containing the rising power of China
Refer Japan as Britain in Far East (Armitage report, 2000)
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