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April 2001 China
Special Weapons News

• White House Daily Briefing - Chinese Developments, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 30 April 2001 -- MR. FLEISCHER: Good afternoon. We have one personnel announcement today. President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Clark Randt Jr. to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
• Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - P-3 Incident, U.S. Department of Defense, 26 April 2001 -- Q: Craig, could you bring us up to date on the status of the government's damage assessment of the lost - intelligence lost in the -- (off mike)?
• Bush-Taiwan, Voice of America, 25 April 2001 -- President Bush says he is not changing long standing policy approach to China with his assertion in an interview broadcast Wednesday that the United States would do "whatever it took" to help Taiwan defend itself.
• Bush on One-China Policy, April 25, 2001, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 25 April 2001 -- The United States has an obligation to protect Taiwan from attack by China, and will do so if necessary, President Bush said in a series of interviews with news organizations to mark his 100th day in office, which falls on Sunday, April 29.
• U.S.-China: Taiwan Arms Latest Source Of Bilateral Tension, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 25 April 2001 -- Foreign media commentary on proposed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
• State Department Noon Briefing - China/Taiwan, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 25 April 2001 -- Q: Phil, thank you. The Chinese Vice Minister, Foreign Minister, had the Ambassador in, and obviously complained about the arms package for Taiwan, said it would harm relations.
• U-S/Taiwan Subs, Voice of America, 24 April 2001 -- A key element in this year's U-S arms sale to Taiwan is the promise of submarines to bolster the island's defenses.
• Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - China/Taiwan, Voice of America, 24 April 2001 -- Q: Craig, is the U.S.-Taiwan meeting now over at the NDU [National Defense University]? Could you tell us if the full U.S. offer was presented and what the tone of the meeting was? And what incentive does Taiwan have to buy Kidd class destroyers if they have the prospect of buying Aegis within a year or two?
• US-TAIWAN ARMS O'NITE, Voice of America, 24 April 2001 -- China is protesting the U-S decision (today-- Tuesday) to offer Taiwan advanced destroyers, submarines and aircraft in what would be one of the most ambitious military sales to Taipei in years.
• Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - P-3 Incident, U.S. Department of Defense, 24 April 2001 -- Q: Do you have anything more on US attempts to get the plane back from China?
• State Department Noon Briefing - Taiwan Arms Sales, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 19 April 2001 -- Q: In the Chinese press conference that was held this morning, they said that there could be a devastating effect if the US decided to give Taiwan arms on the range of the Aegis ship, and I am wondering if the US is concerned by this, or do you see this as just rhetoric before an announcement?
• US / China / Israel, Voice of America, 17 April 2001 -- The Pentagon has voiced new concern about Israeli arms sales to China.
• On the Line - The U-S and China, Voice of America, 14 April 2001 -- A conversation with Douglas Paal, the president of the Asia Pacific Policy Center and William Odom, director of national security studies at the Hudson Institute
• Arms sales to Taiwan would likely prompt response from China's military, By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes, 14 April 2001 -- If Washington approves a controversial package of arms sales to Taiwan later this month, China is likely to retaliate by flexing its growing military muscle.
• Taiwan/U-S/China, Voice of America, 13 April 2001 -- Taiwanese officials are expressing satisfaction at the easing of tensions between China and the United States since Beijing released the crew of a crippled U-S spy plane.
• Defense Department April 13 Special Briefing - Aircraft Collision Crisis, U.S. Department of Defense, 13 April 2001 -- Secretary Rumsfeld's comments on the events surrounding the collision of the U.S. and Chinese aircraft.
• Bush-China O'nite, Voice of America, 12 April 2001 -- President Bush says the United States will raise the issue of China's practice of tracking U-S reconnaissance flights when officials from both countries meet next week to discuss the April first mid-air collision between an American surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet.
• Crisis Aftermath, Voice of America, 12 April 2001 -- The spy plane episode is over, but future clashes between the United States and China in the Pacific can happen again.
• U.S.-China: End of Standoff Welcomed; Next, 'Learning The Lessons', Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 12 April 2001 -- Foreign press commentary on the end of the recent crisis
• Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's Letter to Navy EP-3 Crew, U.S. Department of Defense, 12 April 2001 -- Letter from Secretary Runsfeld commending the actions of the Navy Aircrew
• Bush-China, Voice of America, 11 April 2001 -- President Bush says he looks forward to welcoming home the 24 crew members of a U-S surveillance plane who have been held in China since April first, when their aircraft made an emergency landing on Hainan Island after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet.
• Bush-China, Voice of America, 11 April 2001 -- President Bush says he looks forward to welcoming home the 24 crew members of a U-S surveillance plane who have been held in China since April first, when their aircraft made an emergency landing on Hainan Island after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet.
• China/Sasser, Voice of America, 11 April 2001 -- The most recent former U-S ambassador to China doubts the 11-day standoff over the crew of a downed Navy surveillance plane has seriously damaged relations between Washington and Beijing.
• Turn Patriotic Enthusiasm into Strength to Build a Powerful Nation: Commentary, People's Daily, 11 April 2001 -- The People's Daily publishes a commentary Thursday on the US government's letter expressing that the US side is "very sorry" about that the Chinese pilot is missing and "very sorry" about that the US surveillance plane entered China's territory without approval on April 1.
• FM Spokesman on Letter From U.S. Saying "Very Sorry", People's Daily, 11 April 2001 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi Wednesday evening answered questions on the letter from the U.S. government to Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan saying "very sorry" for the plane collision incident.
• Spokesperson on the Letter from the US Government Saying "Very Sorry" to the Chinese People (Q&A), People's Daily, 11 April 2001 -- Chinese government comments on the crisis
• Pentagon Briefing on Departure of Air Crew from China, U.S. Department of Defense, 11 April 2001 -- Acting Pentagon Spokesman Craig Quigley briefed late April 11 on the departure of the U.S. air crew from Hainan Island headed for Guam
• U-S / China / Military, Voice of America, 10 April 2001 -- While Chinese and U-S diplomats work to resolve the dispute over the U-S spyplane and crew being held on Hainan island, Chinese military leaders appear to be taking a harder line.
• U.S.-China Standoff: Has It Moved From 'Incident' To 'Real Crisis'?, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 10 April 2001 -- Foreign media commentary on the progress of the standoff between the U.S. and China over the midair collision.
• Legal Principle Allows of No Hegemonism: Army Daily, People's Daily, 10 April 2001 -- "After a US military reconnaissance airplane rammed and damaged a Chinese military plane and illegally intruded into China's territorial airspace and landed in Chinese territory, the US government and military officers not only ignored China's solemn and just demands, but instead resorted to sophistry and raised unreasonable demands. US hegemonic behavior has aroused the vehement indignation of the Chinese people, and has been universally condemned by international opinion."
• Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - Aircraft Collision Crisis, U.S. Department of Defense, 10 April 2001 -- Q: Why was the EP-3 on autopilot before the crash happened with the Chinese fighter jet? And how close did the jet, on the first two passes, actually come to the EP-3? And did it, in fact, hit the propeller?
• State Department Noon Briefing - Aircraft Collision Crisis, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 10 April 2001 -- Q: Can you tell us exactly what is going on with Jesse Jackson and if he spoke to the Secretary, as he says that he has? Or is he rabbiting on about nothing?
• White House Press Briefing- Aircraft Collision Crisis, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 10 April 2001 -- Q: Ari, what's the significance and does it suggest any change in demeanor, that the President today called what's going on in China a stalemate?
• US/China, Voice of America, 08 April 2001 -- President Bush is monitoring developments in China, where 24 Americans continue to be held, eight days after their surveillance plane collided in mid-air with a Chinese fighter jet.
• U-S China, Voice of America, 08 April 2001 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says some progress has been made between U-S and Chinese officials on the return of crew members from a U-S surveillance plane that collided with a Chinese jet fighter a week ago.
• China/U-S Plane, Voice of America, 08 April 2001 -- Twenty-four Americans are beginning their second week in Chinese custody on as diplomatic haggling continues over when and how to release them.
• Bush / China, Voice of America, 06 April 2001 -- President Bush is reporting progress in efforts to end the diplomatic impasse with China and bring home the U-S Navy spy plane and its crewmembers involved in last Sunday's mid-air collision with a Chinese jet.
• Second Pilot Recalls Collision of US, Chinese Planes, People's Daily, 06 April 2001 -- Wang Wei, the missing pilot who was involved in the collision incident between the US and Chinese military planes, was communicating with his colleague before his F-8 fighter plunged into the sea.
• Some lawmakers are losing patience with China, People's Daily, 06 April 2001 -- The Chinese government proved to be an enemy of the United States when officials decided to hold a U.S. Navy crew and its spy plane hostage after an emergency landing on Chinese soil, a U.S. Congressman said Thursday.
• U.S. Reports Some Progress in Its Discussions with China, USIS Washington File, 06 April 2001 -- The United States government said April 6 that it believes it is making progress in its intensive discussions with the government of China on bringing home the 24 crew members of a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane that made an emergency landing on the Chinese island of Hainan April 1 following an air collision with a Chinese fighter plane.
• U.S.-China: 'Bush Faces Litmus Test In Spy Plane Crisis', Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 06 April 2001 -- Foreign media commentary on President Bush's handling of the crisis with China
• State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 06 April 2001 -- Q: On the photo - the Chinese have given members of the family a photo
• On-the-Record Briefing by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 06 April 2001 -- "Good morning, everyone. I wanted to say a few words about the situation with respect to our P-3 crew in China. Let me begin by noting that Admiral Prueher has been meeting regularly now with his counterparts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there has been movement in the discussions and negotiations, and we are encouraged at this point and those discussions continue with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
• White House Press Briefing, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 06 April 2001 -- MR. FLEISCHER: Between 10:15 a.m. and 10:25 a.m. this morning, the President spoke on the phone with Brigadier General Neal Sealock, who had just returned from a one-hour visit with our servicemen and women in China. The President was very heartened to hear that the spirits of the servicemen and women are high. They are being well taken care of. They are being housed in the officer quarters, where they are staying.
• Domineering Action and Hegemonic Logic, People's Daily, 05 April 2001 -- On April 1, a US military reconnaissance plane bumped a Chinese military plane over the exclusive economic zone in the coast of China's Hainan Island, and flew into China's territorial airspace and landed in the Lingshui Airport of Hainan without permission. This is a serious incident of violating international law and infringing upon China's sovereignty and territorial airspace.
• Query and Persuade US: Commentary, People's Daily, 05 April 2001 -- The incident of military friction between the two big countries of China and the United States, which was caused by the collision of their military planes, cannot but have aroused people's concern. What is more, this incident occurred in the transition period when the new US government is determining the framework of its relations with China after its assumption of office and on the eve when the US government made a decision concerning whether it should carry on its arms sales to Taiwan, therefore the case becomes especially sensitive.
• Commentary: Crisis Benefits None, People's Daily, 05 April 2001 -- Apparently neither Beijing nor Washington wants to see a full-blown crisis over the Sunday collision between Chinese and American military planes over the South China Sea.
• Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing, U.S. Department of Defense, 05 April 2001 -- Q: Craig, do you know whether the members of the crew of the airplane in Hainan Island have been either questioned or interrogated by the Chinese? And what are the guidelines for those crew members to respond to questions from the Chinese?
• State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 05 April 2001 -- Q: Can you say who the Chinese Ambassador met with this morning and if he brought a response to the letter sent to Qian Qichen last night, and what the Secretary has been doing on this issue?
• White House Press Briefing, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 05 April 2001 -- QUESTION: Ari, what is the evidence that leads U.S. officials to now be encouraged about talks going on with China to resolve this? Or have talks turned cold?
• Chinese Official Rebuffs US over Air Collision Demand, People's Daily, 04 April 2001 -- China has said that the United States is not entitled to raise any demand on China over the recent mid-air collision incident, attempting to shirk its responsibility
• US Plane Grossly Violated International Law: Signed Article, People's Daily, 04 April 2001 -- The US surveillance plane that caused the crash of a Chinese military plane in the coastal area off Hainan Province grossly violated international law, according to a signed article Tuesday.
• State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 04 April 2001 -- Q: The Secretary Powell says he regrets the loss of life of the Chinese pilot. Is this an attempt to send a gesture of some sort to the Chinese to cool things?
• Bush-China, Voice of America, 03 April 2001 -- President Bush is calling on China to immediately release the crew members of a damaged U-S surveillance plane - saying the matter could undermine relations between Washington and Beijing.
• Bush-China, Voice of America, 03 April 2001 -- President Bush is calling on China to immediately release the crew members of a damaged U-S surveillance plane - saying the matter could undermine relations between Washington and Beijing.
• Powell-China, Voice of America, 03 April 2001 -- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell says the crew of the U-S Naval surveillance plane that collided with a Chinese fighter jet is being held in detention and that the incident has already damaged Sino/U-S relations.
• U-S / China Plane, Voice of America, 03 April 2001 -- China's President is demanding an end to U-S spy flights near Chinese territory.
• Pentagon Orders 3 US Warships in South China Sea to Move out, People's Daily, 03 April 2001 -- The United States has ordered three warships in the South China Sea region to move out of the area and proceed on duties as assigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday, according to a CCTV report.
• Hainan Collision: Beijing Demands Apology, Others Demand Diplomacy, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 03 April 2001 -- Foreign media commentary on events following the collision of a U.S. intelligence aircraft and a Chinese fighter jet.
• Precedents for Foreign Military Aircraft Landings, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 03 April 2001 -- Q: How has the U.S. handled cases involving foreign military aircraft landing in the U.S., such as MIGs flown by Cuban defectors? Are these circumstances similar? What would our obligations be under international law?
• Powell April 3 Briefing on U.S.-China Aircraft Accident, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 03 April 2001 -- QUESTION: Have the Chinese explained why they are holding this plane? Why they are holding these people and when they are going to return them?
• Powell Hopes Meeting Leads to Return of U.S. Plane, Crew, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 03 April 2001 -- QUESTION: Could you give us an update of your understanding of the situation with the plane in China, and also your assessment of the diplomatic damage that it may have done to Sino-American relations?
• Bush Calls for Prompt Release of U.S. Crew, Return of Plane, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 03 April 2001 -- "Good afternoon. I want to report to the American people, and especially to the families involved, that I've just talked with Brigadier General Sealock, who, earlier today, met with our 24 men and women in China"
• White House Press Briefing, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 02 April 2001 -- QUESTION: Scott, does the President have a reaction to the fact that the Chinese have apparently boarded the spy plane?
• State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 02 April 2001 -- Q: Richard, do you have any confirmation whether Chinese authorities have boarded our plane?
• U-S Plane China, Voice of America, 01 April 2001 -- The Bush administration says it expects Beijing to return a Navy surveillance plane that collided with a Chinese jet and made an emergency landing in China.
• China - U-S Jet , Voice of America, 01 April 2001 -- China is saying a U-S Navy plane caused a collision with one of its military aircraft off the country's southern coast.
• Chinese Fighter Aircraft Intercept American Plane, U.S. Department of Defense, 01 April 2001 -- At approximately 8:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Saturday, March 31, (9:15 a.m. Sunday local time in China) in international waters, a U.S. Navy EP-3 maritime patrol aircraft on a routine surveillance mission over the South China Sea, was intercepted by two People's Republic of China fighter aircraft...
• Navy Admiral Describes Aircraft Incident In South China Sea, U.S. Department of Defense, 01 April 2001 -- A briefing by Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, regarding the collision of a Chinese fighter aircraft with a United States EP-3.
• U.S. Senator Urges Sales of Requested Weapons To Taiwan, CNA, 01 April 2001 -- A U.S. senator has urged the Bush administration to sell all the weapons systems that Taiwan has requested, stressing that increasing the preparedness of Taiwan's defense forces "will decrease the chances that the United States will need to become involved in a conflict in the Taiwan Straits, or that such a conflict will occur in the first place."
• U.S. Navy Recommends Selling Aegis Destroyers To Taiwan: N.Y. Times, CNA, 01 April 2001 -- ) "Taiwan needs a significant infusion of new weapons, including a sophisticated ship-borne radar system for Aegis-class Destroyers", the New York Times quoted a U.S. naval confidential review as reporting Sunday.

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