October 2008 - Taiwan Special Weapons News |
- Arms sales in accordance with Taiwan Relations Act CNA 8 Oct 2008 -- In an attempt to defuse China's anger over weapons to Taiwan, the US insisted that the sale was in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act.
- U.S. continues to evaluate Taiwan's other weapon requests: official CNA 7 Oct 2008 -- The US is "faithfully implementing" the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and will continue to evaluate other arms sales to Taiwan.
- President calls for Taiwan-U.S. extradition treaty CNA 7 Oct 2008 -- President Ma: Call for an extradition treaty between Taiwan and the United States so that Taiwan criminals could be brought back to face justice.
- China Cancels, Postpones Military Contacts with US Over Taiwan Arms Sale Approval VOA 6 Oct 2008 -- China canceled and postponed some military exchanges to protest the approval of new weapons sales to Taiwan.
- Arms sales demonstration of U.S. commitment to Taiwan: AIT CNA 6 Oct 2008 -- The American Institute in Taiwan expressed support of President Ma's handling of relations across the Taiwan Strait.
- DPP expresses concern about omissions in U.S. arms sales package CNA 4 Oct 2008 -- Opposition Democratic Progressive Party: Concern about the smaller-than-expected US arms sales package.
- Arms sale approval marks rebuilding of Taiwan-U.S. ties: speaker CNA 4 Oct 2008 -- Legislative Speaker Wang: US approval of the sale of 6 major weapons packages to Taiwan is a "sign of a rebuilding of relations."
- Pentagon notifies Congress of arms package sale to Taiwan CNA 3 Oct 2008 -- The US Department of Defense officially notified Congress of 6 possible weapons sales to Taiwan worth a total of US$6.46 billion.
- US Announces $6.5 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan VOA 4 Oct 2008
- Taiwan arms sales still under consideration: U.S. official CNA 1 Oct 2008 -- A U.S. State Department official repeated that pending weapons sales to Taiwan are still being screened under an internal review process.
