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January 2000 - Taiwan Special Weapons News

  • MND ALLAYS FEARS OVER REPORTS ON BEIJING MILITARY EXERCISES (CNA-Taiwan) 31 January 2000 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Monday allayed public fears raised by a Hong Kong newspaper report that mainland China is preparing to hold large-scale anti-air raid exercises in late February.
  • US Congress revives Taiwan Security bill Taiwan Headlines January 31, 2000 -- Even if the TSEA does receive approval from both the House and the Senate, it is still likely to be vetoed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. The bill was passed by the House's International Relations Committee last October after some of the most controversial provisions were deleted.
  • MAC official rejects Qian's statement Taiwan Headlines January 31, 2000 -- A senior official from the Mainland Affairs Council on Saturday rejected remarks made Friday by PRC Vice Premier Qian Qichen on the issue of unification between Taiwan and mainland China.
  • CHEN'S 'SEVEN-POINT' STATEMENT CALLED AMBIGUOUS (CNA-Taiwan) 31 January 2000 -- A recent statement on cross-Taiwan Strait issues made by the Democratic Progressive Party's presidential candidate Chen Shiu-bian is too ambiguous to effectively resolve bilateral disputes, said independent presidential hopeful Hsu Hsin-liang on Monday.
  • Chen: No independence unless PRC attacks Taiwan Headlines January 31, 2000 -- Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian said on Sunday that Taiwan will not declare independence unless it came under military attack from mainland China.
  • Beijing warns independence means war Taiwan News January 29, 2000 -- "China is getting harsher than five years ago in its Taiwan policy," said Chang Jung-kung, the Kuomintang's top official handing mainland affairs, referring to the warning that a declaration of independence would mean war.
  • ROC PLANS TO ACQUIRE 6 MORE PATRIOT MISSILE SYSTEMS (CNA-Taiwan) 28 January 2000 -- In order to build up its national defense capability, the Republic of China plans to acquire six more US-made Patriot antiballistic-missile systems to be installed in central and southern Taiwan.
  • DPP PURSUES 'GENUINE STABILITY' FOR TAIWAN: CHEN SHUI-BIAN (CNA-Taiwan) 18 January 2000 -- Chen Shui-bian, presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, on Tuesday urged the ruling Kuomintang not to take rash action to create tension in the Taiwan Strait in the run-up to the March 18 presidential election.
  • PRESIDENT DEFENDS `SPECIAL STATE-TO-STATE' THEORY (CNA-Taiwan) 17 January 2000 -- President Lee Teng-hui strongly defended his definition of relations across the Taiwan Strait as a "special state-to-state relationship" on Monday, and urged the international community to understand the Republic of China's basic stance.
  • TAIWAN SPIES UNTOUCHED SINCE 1997, SAYS REPORT (CNA-Taiwan) 17 January 2000 -- Beijing and Hong Kong's Special Administrative Region government did not want to upset relations with Taiwan or prospects for "one country, two systems" by rounding up agents who could also act as a channel for communicating with Taipei.
  • DESTROYER NANYANG DECOMMISSIONED (CNA-Taiwan) 16 January 2000 -- The destroyer Nanyang was decommissioned on Sunday at the southern Taiwan port of Kaohsiung after having served 25 years in the Republic of China Navy.
  • US POLICY SAID TO BE ENCOURAGING CHINA'S BOLDNESS (CNA-Taiwan) 14 January 2000 -- Unless changes are made in the United States' China policy, sometime in the next decade an American president will witness either an internal upheaval in mainland China or an attempt by Beijing to take Taiwan, and the former will very likely lead to the latter.
  • CHEN SHUI-BIAN WILL NOT DECLARE TAIWAN'S INDEPENDENCE IF ELECTED (CNA-Taiwan) 14 January 2000 -- Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Lin I-hsiung said here on Friday that DPP presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian will not declare independence for Taiwan if he is elected.
  • ROC AIR FORCE TAKES DELIVERY OF LAST IDF FIGHTER (CNA-Taiwan) 14 January 2000 -- The ROC Air Force took delivery of the last of 130 locally developed defense fighters on Friday. The military has formed two IDF wings which are deployed at the Taichung and Tainan air bases.
  • DoD News Briefing Thursday, January 13, 2000 -- Taiwanese have deployed Chaparral missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea. They've had Chaparral missiles for a long while.
  • LAST LOCALLY-DEVELOPED IDF FIGHTER ROLLS OFF ASSEMBLY LINE [CNA Taiwan] 13 January 2000 -- The 130th and last of the locally developed Ching-kuo Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDFs) will be delivered to the Republic of China Air Force on Friday.
  • MAINLAND CHINESE MILITARY MOVEMENTS ONLY ROUTINE: MND [CNA Taiwan] 11 January 2000 -- China's military usually conducts routine training for its new conscripts every year during the January-March period and will upgrade military alert in the lead-up to the Chinese lunar new year festival which falls on Feb. 4 this year.
  • MND DENIES US SCIENTIST SPIED FOR TAIWAN [CNA Taiwan] 11 January 2000 -- ) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Tuesday denied categorically that Taiwan-born US scientist Wen Ho Lee, who is alleged to have spied for mainland China, had been hired by a Taiwan military research institute as an adviser.
  • GAP OF SUPPORT RATINGS OF 3 FRONT-RUNNERS NARROWING: POLL [CNA Taiwan] 09 January 2000 -- 24 percent of the respondents said they would vote for opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Chen Shui-bian; 23 percent said they would opt for independent contender James Soong; and 22 percent threw support behind KMT's Lien.
  • US SAID SET TO SELL 4 AEGIS WARSHIPS TO TAIWAN FOR TMD [CNA Taiwan] 09 January 2000 -- The United States has reportedly agreed to sell four Berker Class Guided Missile AEGIS warships equipped with a new theater missile defense system (TMD) for naval use to Taiwan, a senior adviser to the Republic of China President said on Sunday.
  • SOONG, CHEN NECK AND NECK, LIEN TRAILING: POLL [CNA Taiwan] 08 January 2000 -- Independent presidential contender James Soong and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Chen Shui-bian are neck and neck while Kuomintang candidate Lien Chan still trails in support ratings.
  • ROC ARMY TO ACQUIRE CH-47SD HELICOPTERS FROM US [CNA Taiwan] 06 January 2000 -- The purchase of nine American-made CH-47SD Chinook helicopters from the United States will greatly augment the transportation capability of the Republic of China Army.
  • Boeing Completes FMS Contract for Taiwanese Chinooks Boeing 05 Jan 2000 -- Boeing has signed a contract calling for the delivery of nine CH-47SD Super D Chinook helicopters to Taiwan under a Foreign Military Sale agreement with the U.S. government. The procurement, valued in excess of $300 million, includes logistical support. Deliveries will begin in 2001.
  • TAIWAN WILL NOT DEVELOP NUCLEAR ARMS: DEFENSE MINISTER [CNA Taiwan] 05 January 2000 -- The issue was suddenly a hot topic because of former Premier Hau Pei-tsun's disclosure in his soon-to-be published "Diary of Eight Years as Chief of the General Staff" that Taiwan was capable of producing nuclear weapons 14 years ago.
  • ROC AIR FORCE TRANSFERS KINMEN AIRPORT TO CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATION [CNA Taiwan] 03 January 2000 -- The Shang Yi Airport on the offshore island of Kinmen was turned over to the Civil Aeronautics Administration by the Republic of China Air Force on Monday, ending more than four decades of military administration of the airport.
  • TAIWAN TO CONDUCT LIVE TESTS OF US-MADE PATRIOT MISSILES IN 2001 [CNA Taiwan] 01 January 2000 -- Taiwan took delivery of the Patriot missiles from the United States in 1996. The missiles were formally deployed after passing combat readiness tests in July 1998.



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