Thursday, January 22, 2009

China: US arms sales to Taiwan 'harm' to relations

Beijing - China made a rare appeal for cooperation between its normally secretive military and Washington on Tuesday but said U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain a ''serious harm to Sino-U.S. relations.'' The statements came as China issued a major policy paper on national defense that said blocking formal Taiwanese independence remains the chief concern for one of the world's fastest-growing armed forces.

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CHINESE ARMS EXPORTS TO IRAN

"China's arms trade with Iran has presented very serious obstacles to improved U.S.-China relations..."
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