Cables show China used debt holdings to press US
© AFP/File AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Leaked diplomatic cables vividly show China’s willingness to translate its massive holdings of US debt into political influence on issues ranging from Taiwan’s...
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taipeitimes The US is expected to announce soon that it will help Taiwan upgrade its current F-16 aircraft rather than sell it more advanced aircraft, a senior legislator said yesterday. The move to...
View ArticleUS punishes Pakistan Army in major shift
thenews.com WASHINGTON: The US confirmed on Sunday that direct and indirect aid worth $800 million to the Pakistan Army had been withheld while Pakistani diplomats disclosed that a 10-point list had...
View ArticleChinese jets chase U.S. surveillance jet over Taiwan Strait
washingtontimes A colonel in the Canadian Forces takes photos through the window of a civilian aircraft playing the role of a hijacked airliner as it is escorted by two Su-27 Russian fighter jets....
View ArticleChina: US Playing With Fire
the-diplomat.com China ramped up the pressure on the United States not to sell advanced arms to Taiwan, with the Communist Party’s official newspaper warning that US congressmen are ‘playing with fire’...
View ArticleIndonesia Military Powers Up
the-diplomat.com On Monday, Indonesian Defense Minister Purmono Yusgiantoro, flanked by the country’s military leadership, announced that after 10 years of frugality on the part of the military...
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