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Taiwan’s US-made F-16A equipped with a light fighter.

People News September 23, the British “Economist” published a commentary that Obama agreed this week to upgrade Taiwan’s older F-16 fighters, China is opposed to this decision. At the same time, some U.S. experts and influential members began to argue whether the sales should be the last time the United States arms sales to Taiwan.

article points out, why is there such controversy? Taiwan itself has not changed too much. Taiwan is still the United States as a patron, but Taiwan’s own defense capability is still not optimistic. Taiwan Strait military balance of power, great changes have occurred in recent years – increasingly toward China mainland, and upgrade the old F-16 fighters just seem like a symbolic gesture.

article said, the Americans began to debate the legitimacy of Taiwan to give up. First of all, Taiwan has formed strategic dependence on the United States. “Blue camp” (KMT) leader Ma Ying-jeou on the attitude of both sides than all his predecessors ease. But the opposition “pan-green camp” is more inclined to independence. Many Americans worry that United States support for Taiwan will be dragged into war, even nuclear war.

Second, if the war never really broke out, Taiwan is still a huge obstacle to China-US relations forward. China wants to, will be in China from nuclear proliferation to climate change and other issues to provide better cooperation. Taiwan and its armed patrols in the Taiwan Strait, as reconciliation with the Chinese mainland and Taiwan allowed to deal with their own problems.

but the article also said that it means to give up Taiwan, China’s reunification. In the long run, detrimental to China-US relations. China thousands of years of diplomatic history that China is more powerful than the fear of a weak small country. U.S. concessions on the Taiwan issue may stimulate the desire for more Chinese to the region. China’s “core interests” seems to gradually expand. On China’s military strategy, Taiwan is a potential base for expansion to the Pacific, at least to the Japanese threat to the north and south of the Philippines.

since the Chinese civil war in 1949, the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan after the defeat, the mainland government has retained the power of force to recover Taiwan. In the strong U.S. support for Taiwan is currently under development in the region well, which has improved rather than damaged cross-strait relations. Ma Ying-jeou also know that this relationship is Taiwan half a century of peace and security guarantee. If the United States to give up Taiwan to mainland China which is the best news, but let the rest of the region doubt American resolve. These is why as long as mainland China insists on not to give up the power of force applied to Taiwan, the United States should continue to support Taiwan’s cause. (Lixiao Zhe Yang Mu)

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