It looks like Obama thought better of selling F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan. Last night, The Washington Times reported that the administration had approved a $4.2 billion arms deal that will upgrade the country’s existing fighter jets but “decided against selling Taiwan 66 advanced F-16 C/D model aircraft, despite several requests from Taipei and Congress.” Today, Bloomberg News followed up the …
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Taiwan's opposition legislators yesterday panned President Ma Ying-jeou's âone Republic of China, two areasâ statement in his inaugural address. Amid recent domestic tension over...