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| US Building Cross-Straits Barriers by Arms Sales |
| Xinhua News Agency published a commentary titled, "Who Is Building Barriers to Peace Across the Straits?" Saturday, condemning the United States for its half- century-long military intervention in and arms sales to the Chinese island province of Taiwan. |
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| Bush's Threat to "Defend" Taiwan Is "Very Dangerous" |
| An article of Thursday's Straits Times points out that the US President George W. Bush's vow to "defend" Taiwan is a "very dangerous", with the serious consequences of Taiwan declaring independence or indefinitely extending the danger of separation from China. |
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| US Interference in China's Internal Affairs Unacceptable: Egyptian Party |
| An Egyptian party here on Friday slammed as "unacceptable" the US decision on arms sales to Taiwan and US President George W. Bush's remarks on defending the island, saying they were provoking Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity. |
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| Seeking Independence, Buying Arms Bring Catastrophe to Taiwan: Commentator |
| Taiwan authorities and Taiwan independence elements are overjoyed at the United States' recent decision to sell a large package of advanced weapons to Taiwan, assuming that that will benefit their capacity to confront the mainland and Taiwan independence. |
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| Arms Sales to Taiwan Dangerous Game |
| The US government is playing a dangerous game by deciding to sell a large amount of sophisticated weapons to Taiwan, which includes four Kidd-class destroyers, eight diesel-engine submarines, 12 P-3C aircraft and a good many other advanced weapons. |
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| Perfidious Act Portends Great Disaster |
| On April 25, the US government, disregarding the solemn representations of the Chinese side, brazenly decided to sell a batch of advanced weapons including Kidd-class destroyers to Taiwan. This is a political event that seriously infringes upon China's sovereignty and harms Chinese-US relations. This wrong move of the US side seriously violates the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiques, particularly the Chinese-US "August 17" communique. |
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| US Arms Sales to Taiwan Escalate Cross-Straits Tension: Experts |
| Chinese military and foreign affairs experts warned Thursday the US's arms sales to Taiwan will not only severely undermine the Sino-US relations, add to the risks of military collisions across the Taiwan Straits, but also probably lead to a "direct military confrontation" between China and the United States. |
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| China Appreciates Decisions of Germany and Holand on Submarines: FM Spokeswoman |
| China appreciates the stance of Germany and Holand not to approve any application for making submarines for Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said Thursday. |
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| People's Daily Calls US Arms Sales "Despicable Breach of Faith" |
| The recent US decision to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan constitutes a "despicable breach of faith in international relations" and will only end up hurting the United States' own interest, a leading Chinese newspaper said Thursday. |
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| Indonesian Newspaper Criticizes US for Arms Sales to Taiwan |
| Kompas, the Indonesian newspaper with the largest circulation, has criticized the US for its arms sales to Taiwan and warned that the move will likely break the balance in the region. |
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| Macao Newspapers Condemn US Arms Sales to Taiwan |
| Leading Macao-based newspapers strongly criticized the United States Thursday for its approval of arms sales to Taiwan. |
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| Berlin "Surprised" at US Submarine Sale to Taiwan |
| The German government expressed its anger over a unilateral US decision to sell submarines with German technology to Taiwan, the media reported on Wednesday, stressing that the government was "surprised" at the deal. "An (US) inquiry about German-made submarines will be out of the question and will not be approved," Sueddeutsche Zeitung (South German Daily) quoted Michael Steiner, foreign policy advisor to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, as stating. |
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| China Strongly Protests U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan |
| Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing was authorized to lodge solemn representations and raised strong protest against the government of the United States on its announcement that it will sell arms to Taiwan. |
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| "Foreign Weapons" Cannot Build a "Taiwan Independence Force": Army Daily |
| Wednesday's People's Liberation Army Daily carries a bylined article refuting the Taiwan authorities' sophistry over its arms deal request to the United States. |
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| FM Spokeswoman on US Arms Sale to Taiwan |
| Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue cautioned the United States on its arms sale to Taiwan Tuesday afternoon at a regular press conference. |
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| Bush Makes Decisions on U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan |
| President George W. Bush put off a possible sale of the Aegis naval air defense system to Taiwan on Monday. |
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| US Arms Sales to China's Taiwan Benefits No One |
| Arms sales by the United States to Taiwan will jeopardize the interests of both sides.The sales takes away a large amount of money that could otherwise be used to improve Taiwanese people's living standards. |
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| Arms Sales to Taiwan ---- Important Bargaining Chip America Uses to Contain China |
| For a long time, proceeding from its geographical strategic needs of going from controlling the continents of Europe and Asia to dominating the whole globe, the United States has regarded a powerful country arisen in East Asia and Europe as a greatest threat to the realization of its global strategy. |
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| US Paper Warns Against Arms Sales to Taiwan |
| If the new US administration sells advanced weapons to Taiwan, it could severely hurt US- China relations, The New York Times newspaper warned on Wednesday. |
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| US Report Excuses Intent to Sell Arms |
| A US media report alleging that Beijing is building up its missiles to target Taiwan has been fabricated to provide an excuse for arms sales to the island, a top Taiwan Affairs official said Friday. |
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