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"We firmly believe that our arms sales to Taiwan contribute to the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, " she said.

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he has no objection to the U. S. plan for a new arms sales package for Arab countries.

Answer is given by the United States, the U. S. policy of arms sales to Taiwan will not change, Gates's speech was taken out of context.

The arms sales "seriously damaged China's core interests, and we do not want to see that happen again, " Liang continued.

We are firmly opposed to arms sales to Taiwan by the U. S. or any other countries or regions. The position remains unchanged.

Beijing also wants to see an embargo on arms sales to China lifted and is pushing for better access to European markets.

China wants the United States to end all arms sales to Taiwan, which it considers a part of its own territory.

The Saudi Embassy in Washington said it had no comment on any arms sales.

Before the recent arms sales to Taiwan, some of President Obama's advisers reportedly suggested this should be the last sale.

China resolutely opposes arms sales to Taiwan or entering into a military alliance in any form with Taiwan by any country.

'When the interagency process achieves a final decision for specific arms sales, we will notify Congress, ' he said.

The report said that illegal arms sales "have increasingly become one of the country's principal sources for obtaining foreign exchange" .

China resolutely opposes the US arms sales to Taiwan. This position has always been clear and consistent.

Robert Gates, America's defence secretary, visited India to bolster military ties between the two countries and promote American arms sales.

China suspended military contacts last winter to protest a White House decision to proceed with arms sales to Taiwan.

The five members of the UN Security Council have agreed on a set of guidelines designed to restrain arms sales.

If China's fit of indignation was largely for show, what was Mr Obama's motivation in announcing the Taiwan arms sales right now?

That would not necessarily reverse Germany's retreat from arms-sales idealism.

As with the warnings about China's response to passage of the currency legislation, the warning about arms sales is probably not a bluff.

She urged those countries to impose sanctions on Syria's oil and gas industry and for Russia to end its arms sales to the Syrian government.

Governmental sponsoring of arms sales to dubious regimes would be undesirable even if no bribes were involved.

North Korea is estimated to make about $1bn a year from arms sales, despite the UN ban imposed in 2006.

India and the United States have agreed in a defense pact that boosts American arms sales to India.

Meanwhile, a small but influential chorus of academics and policymakers is arguing that these should be America's last arms sales to Taiwan.

Beijing has twice suspended ties between the two countries' armed forces after routine US arms sales to Taiwan.

Chen confronted his American hosts head-on Wednesday over the issue of American arms sales to Taiwan.

Some Chinese scholars also express concern that arms sales to Taiwan are a reflection of U. S. strategic intentions toward China.

US officials admit in private that arms sales to India also cement strategic ties as a hedge against Beijing's growing clout in Asia.

Now it is going for the jugular, demanding an end to arms sales to Taiwan and declaring the South China Sea a Chinese lake.

Mr Pasqua, who appealed against the sentence, claimed this week that the ex-president and others "knew about the arms sales to Angola" .

Or does it have anything to do with recent reports saying that the US Congress may approve more arms sales to Taiwan?

Global Times, a Beijing newspaper, said on September 17th that China used to seek revenge on America after arms sales to Taiwan.

Based on the specific identity of public opinion, Congress is the actual controller of the United States foreign arms sales.

He added that Germany supports the EU's recognition of China as a market economy and the lifting of the arms sales ban on China.

It also opened the door to increased U. S. arms sales to India, and more joint military exercises.

The former established a formal alliance with China in 1961, but there have been no joint military maneuvers and no arms sales for decades.

Q: It is reported that the US White House may issue a statement on the arms sales to Taiwan.

China has already warned that companies like Boeing Inc. may be penalized for Washington's recent Taiwan arms sales.

We strongly urge the US companies involved to stop pushing for and participating in arms sales to Taiwan.

More immediately, Mr Obama needs to think about arms sales to the island.

Its arms sales to Taiwan continue, but it could just about live with a single China so long as unification came about peacefully.

RELATIONS between America and China, already frosty over arms sales to Taiwan, sanctions on Iran and China's weak currency, could worsen.

Burns says the arms sales are not a new initiative, but rather a continuation of U. S. security assistance to the region.

Previously, China had broken off the contacts in protest at US arms sales to Taiwan.

firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan, which severely undermines China's core interest. Our position is clear and consistent.

LIM: For his part, China's Defense Minister reiterated his opposition to U. S. arms sales to Taiwan.

China is firmly against the US arms sales to Taiwan and this position is consistent, unequivocal and firm.

China resents American arms sales to Taiwan, while America wants more transparency over China's rapid military build-up.

But its two nuclear tests, the most recent of which occurred in May, have triggered U. N. sanctions that are now choking off arms sales.

But with more arms sales to Taiwan awaiting approval, this does not look likely.

The arms sales would "reinforce the level of regional deterrence and help reduce the size of forces the US must deploy in the region" .

"We hope that U. S. arms sales will not again and further disrupt, " military ties or the overall relationship, Liang said.

In fact, China has lodged solemn representations with the US on its arms sales to Taiwan on many occasions.

Q: Will China adopt harsher countermeasures to express its dissatisfaction over US arms sales to Taiwan?

Q: China's Defense Ministry Spokesperson yesterday said that US arms sales to Taiwan would impact China-US military exchanges.

China will retaliate against, say, US arms sales to Taiwan, but within carefully-calibrated bounds.

A: China always firmly opposes to the US arms sales to Taiwan. This position is clear and remains unchanged.

Q: How does China assess the current China-US relations given the US arms sales to Taiwan, Google and all other issues?

Chinese bitterness over arms sales could complicate efforts to resolve such spats.

Chinese leaders have known for a long time that reversing U. S. policy on arms sales to Taiwan won't be easy, Mr. Huang said.

The US and other western countries have suggested imposing a total embargo that would ban all arms sales to Sudan.

First, why does Beijing react with such rhetorical vehemence to the arms sales?

A: China resolutely opposes US arms sales to Taiwan, and this position is consistent and clear-cut.

But Gen Chen warned that further US arms sales to Taiwan could damage US-China military relations.

Washington pledged in a China-US joint communique in 1982 to gradually reduce the level of and eventually stop arms sales to Taiwan.

China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan. Our position in this regard is clear and consistent.

While global arms sales have increased 45 percent since 1998, only five countries provide the majority of those weapons.

It believes that Mr Chen has been emboldened by the Bush administration's arms sales to Taiwan.

Q: You just mentioned China's arms sales to Africa, could you update us on the arms sales to Zimbabwe?

But Holtom said if you look back to the Great Depression in the 1930's, arms sales actually increased.

The European parliament's resolution also mentioned China's arms sales to Africa.

Finally, how is China likely to respond to future U. S. arms sales to Taiwan?

Of course, the proximate cause of the recent criticism in the Chinese press is the recent announcement of U. S. arms sales to Taiwan.

China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan and this position is consistent and clear.

This year, the administration confirmed a $5. 8 billion package of arms sales for Taiwan that provoked a predictable Chinese backlash.

A: China has reiterated time and again its relevant position on opposing US arms sales to Taiwan, about which the US side should be clear.

Even as it is, US arms sales to Taiwan are an irritant to Sino-US ties.

Mr Obama will also face pressure from the Chinese over US arms sales to Taiwan and over his approach to Tibet.

Arms sales have some economic significance to Moscow, he adds, since Russia has little else to export apart from raw materials.

Russia's abiding interest in Latin America is focused on arms sales.

It is not only arms sales to Taiwan that has recently elicited strong reactions from China.

On September 21, the Obama administration announced a long-awaited decision on arms sales to Taiwan.

(4) Arms sales to Taiwan by countries having diplomatic relations with China.

In 1980, candidate Ronald Reagan promised to reject limits on arms sales to Taiwan.

They last broke off in 2008, when China was sulking about American arms sales to Taiwan.

American arms sales to Taiwan were mandated by Congress in 1979, and have occurred regularly since then.

They are strutting their newfound role of global kingmaker, and they are peeved at the coming U. S. arms sales to Taiwan.

Some people in the US said that China's reaction to the US arms sales to Taiwan is merely "empty talk" .

A: On the first question, the Chinese Government's position on arms sales to Taiwan is clear-cut and consistent.

France 10 years ago for the crime of not China, the termination of arms sales to Taiwan, the loss of billions of revenue.

U. S. -China relations have become strained over other issues, such as U. S. arms sales to Taiwan.

The "it" includes arms sales to Taiwan and U. S. military activity in China's periphery.

The US is unlikely to change its position about arms sales to PRC.

Instead of 10 per cent on arms sales, we have 7 per cent on new issues.

Last year, China vehemently condemned the Obama administration for approving a package of arms sales to Taiwan.

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