Zitat:China's Wen Warns Taiwan Not to Misuse Democracy
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By Evelyn Leopold

NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's Premier Wen Jiabao, at the start of a four-day visit to the United States, said Beijing would never allow rival Taiwan to use aspirations for democracy as a cover for separatism.

Zitat:Der Stachel im Fleische Chinas

Washington kommt der neu aufgeflammte Streit um Taiwan äußerst ungelegen Von Kai Strittmatter

Zitat:Einem Bericht der Washington Post zufolge hat Washington seine militärischen Beziehungen zu Taiwan auf eine ganz neue Stufe gestellt: US-Berater und Waffenlieferungen sollen Taiwans Militär schnellstmöglich modernisieren und verhindern, dass die militärische Balance bald zu Gunsten Chinas kippt.

Zitat:Chen promises more weapon procurement from US if reelected
( 2003-12-07 08:48) (People's Daily)

During his recent "stopover" in America, Chen Shui-bian promised that his top priority upon reelection is to purchase PAC 3 anti-ballistic missile from the United States, experts on cross-Straits affairs from Washington revealed.

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Zitat:China would risk much over Taiwan

By Ed Lanfranco
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

BEIJING — In the run-up to Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to the United States last week, Chinese civilian and military leaders clearly announced their willingness to use force to prevent Taiwan's independence, although China's capability to make good on such threats remains very much in doubt.
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Zitat:TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taipei sees the military balance in the Taiwan Strait tipping in Beijing's favor as early as next year, but believes China will not have the confidence to attack the self-ruled, democratic island for another five years.

Amid simmering tension over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's plan to hold the island's first ever referendum during presidential elections in March, Deputy Defense Minister Chong-Pin Lin said he was not ruling out conflict.

China sees the referendum as a provocative move by Taiwan toward independence and has threatened war, but Lin said the island could deal a bloody blow to invading Chinese troops.

Zitat:Falls sich da was ändert werd ich es posten.

Zitat:Der Artikel selbst befasst sich mit der Entwicklung des taiwanesischen Atomprogramms und dessen Einstellung bzw. verdeckten Weiterentwicklung.

Zitat:There are interesting parallels between North Korea's current nuclear weapons program and Taiwan's nuclear ambitions fifteen years ago. In both cases, a weapons program was discovered, dismantled and secretly restarted. In both cases, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring was inadequate and easily circumvented. In both cases, a major power threatened military action unless the nuclear weapons program was dismantled.

Zitat:Taiwanese Leader Wants DMZ With China

By STEPHAN GRAUWELS
Associated Press Writer

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's leader on Tuesday called for a demilitarized zone with China, the island's biggest security threat.

President Chen Shui-bian said at a rare news conference that troops, missiles and other weapons would be removed from the zone. Chen didn't say where the zone would be.
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Chen is seeking re-election in a March 20 vote, and he's under pressure to show voters that he's a pragmatic leader who wants to ease tensions with China.
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Zitat:Sicherheitsexperten gehen davon aus, dass neben Nordkorea, Libyen und Iran noch eine Reihe islamischer Staaten sowie Taiwan am Erwerb von Atomwaffen interessiert sind. „Für mich ist ein Kandidat für eine Nuklearrüstung Taiwan“, sagte der Kieler Professor für Sicherheitspolitik, Joachim Krause, der SZ. Das Land habe schon in den siebziger Jahren nach der Atombombe gestrebt, um sich gegen China zu schützen. Es sei damals aber durch massive Sicherheitsgarantien der USA davon abgebracht worden. Heute frage man sich in Taiwan, wie viel diese Garantien noch Wert seien. Zudem habe das Land, eines der reichsten der Welt, genug Geld und Fähigkeiten, um Nuklear-Technologie zu importieren oder sogar selbst zu entwickeln.

Zitat:Cluster postete
Tja nur die Frage ...
a) können sie es lang genug Geheim halten?

Zitat:b) würde denTaiwan zum Erstschlag ausholen?

Zitat:c) würden Atomwaffen China tatsächlich davon abschrecken die Insel zu eroben? ... Schließlich könnte man sich auch auf den Standpunkt stellen, daß der Gewinn (Taiwan) selbst beim Verlust einiger Ballungsgebiete auf dem Festland größer ist.

Zitat:While the PLA is undergoing a major overhaul, its doctrines and capabilities remain unclear, even within its own ranks. John Hill reports.

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is becoming a more professional and purely military force, but is struggling to work out new, more appropriate doctrine for China's changed situation.

It has been acquiring effective new equipment; improving the education of its manpower at all levels; expanding the non-commissioned officer (NCO) corps; and heading towards an all volunteer force. It has already hived off its internal security role to the People's Armed Police, abandoned its business interests, and is now concentrating on reforming its bloated political department into a more standard personnel department, as well as contracting out some services to the private sector. In short, it is becoming a modern military organisation.