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U.S., Taiwan, Advanced Weapons Sales

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can be presented. Bibliography lists 10 sources. BWtaiwan.rtf Should the United States Sell Advanced Weaponry to Taiwan?  By: C.B. Rodgers - October 2001 -- for more information on using this paper properly! Introduction The first thing the student writing about whether  or not the United States should sell advanced weaponry to Taiwan should consider is the future. What will be the long-term impact of selling such weaponry to Taiwan and what  will be the impact of not selling it? Both aspects must be contemplated before a reasonable answer can be presented. For example, what would such sales do the always tenuous  relationship that exists between the U.S. and The Peoples Republic of China or "mainland" China? Who is Taiwan likely to use such weapons against? Are the weapons to be used  for protection or aggression? Relations Between China and Taiwan Although the sentiment is something of a clich?, it is still important for the student working on this project to understand  that the past determines the future. Such is certainly the case in terms of the relationship that exists between China and Taiwan. Peter Kien-hong Yu (2001) explains: "Relations between Taiwan  and mainland China began to change substantially in August 1958, when the Republic of China (ROC) President Chiang Kai-shek and U.S. Secretary of State John F. Dulles in their joint  communique declared that the ROC Government would not use force to free the people on mainland China from the Communist yoke. Chiang had been forced to abandon the mainland and  retreat to the island of Taiwan in 1949. By the agreement with Dulles, Chiang reluctantly settled for a political recovery of the mainland by peaceful means" (pp. 321). For the