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1995 Taiwan Special Weapons
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• THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO SUPPORT TAIWAN (Congressional Record Extension of Remarks - December 05, 1995) There are a number of territorial disputes in Asia. One of the most contentious is the ownership and future of the island of Taiwan. Regretably, short of an early collapse of the dictatorship in Beijing, the 45-year-old stalemate over the issue shows no signs of an immediate resolution.
• CHINA IS WATCHING TIME Magazine December 4, 1995
• Military Interested in Joining TMD, Taipei CHUNG-KUO SHIH-PAO, 23 Oct 95 - Taiwan is interested in joining the U.S. Theater Missile Defense System [TMD] development. This issue is expected to be formally presented at the annual Taiwan- U.S. arms sale meeting next year.
• MORE BEIJING THREATS -- HON. DAVID FUNDERBURK (Extension of Remarks - September 28, 1995) Taiwan poses no military threat to the Beijing dictators. There is only one reason for the Communists to embark on a missile buildup. They are deathly afraid that free China, with its robust markets and its expanding democracy, will provide the world with a stark contrast to the crimes and deficiencies of the Communist dictatorship.
• Bullying Taiwan New York Times September 05, 1995 --China has embarked on an escalating campaign of military maneuvers meant to intimidate Taiwan and undermine its President, Lee Teng-hui. Washington, as much as it wants to calm troubled relations with Beijing, must firmly signal its opposition to this campaign.
• Raytheon Supplies Parts to Taiwan Surface-to-Air MissileSTATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, THURSDAY, 17 AUGUST 1995 - We have not sold the Patriot missile system to Taiwan. In 1992 we notified Congress of the proposed sale to Taiwan of hardware and technical assistance in support of Taiwan developing an indigenous modified air defense system. The Raytheon Company of Bedford, Massachusetts, is the primecontractor.
• THE PRC'S MISSILE TESTS (Congressional Record Senate - August 11, 1995) The People's Republic of China has announced that it will conduct a new series of guided missile tests in the East China Sea between August 15 and 25.
• CHINESE MISSILE TESTS (Congressional Record Senate - August 11, 1995) Between July 21 and July 26 China conducted a series of ballistic missile test firings 85 miles from Taiwan. The missiles were all MTCR class four short range and two intermediate range. All were modern, mobile, nuclear-capable. No country has ever held this level of field tests for nuclear capable missiles before.
• WIEDEMANN CAUTIONS AGAINST TAIWAN-U.N. RESOLUTION (Texts: 03 August 1995 House International Relations Committee hearing, H.Con.Res. 63) -- Passage of H.Con.Res. 63, a Congressional resolution to promote Taiwan's participation in the United Nations, would contradict the United States's "one China" policy, according to Kent Wiedemann, deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
• Chinese missile exercises and the US position on China and Taiwan STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, JULY 20, 1995 It's been the long-standing policy of the United States to seek to promote peace, security and stability in the area of the Taiwan Strait. We believe it's in the interest of the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan, and we don't believe this test contributes to peace and stability in the area.
• TAIWAN PRESIDENT CAN PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY REUNION (05/22/95 Text: State Department announcement on Li visit)-- President Li Teng-Hui of Taiwan will be allowed to make a private visit to the United States next month to attend an alumni reunion at Cornell University.
• STATE AUTHORIZATION BILL -- TAIWAN ARMS SALES STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 16 -- We have previously expressed our opposition to amending the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), and the Department is opposed to this proposed amendment. There is no question that the TRA takes precedence over the statements of policy expressed in joint communiques with the PRC.
• MURKOWSKI ADDS AMENDMENT TO THE STATE DEPT. AUTHORIZATION BILL (May 3 Congressional Record) Murkowski said "The United States-China Joint Communique is a nontreaty understanding. The Taiwan Relations Act is still the binding law of the land. . . The TRA, as it is known, is really the cornerstone of our relationship with Taiwan.
• RESOLUTION WELCOMES PRIVATE U.S. VISIT BY TAIWAN PRESIDENT (Text: H.Con.Res. 53, Visit of Lee Teng-hui) -- The House International Relations Committee sent a resolution to the House floor April 5 expressing the sense of the Congress that President Clinton should promptly indicate that the United States will welcome a private visit by Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.
• KOWTOW: THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S BOW TO BEIJING (Congressional Record Senate - April 05, 1995) Last year, when Cornell made the same offer, Lee was refused entry into the United States because Beijing belligerently reminded the State Department that granting a visa to a Taiwanese leader would violate the principle of `One China.'
• MURKOWSKI - RESOLUTION ALLOWING PRESIDENT LI TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES (Senate - March 14, 1995) I rise to discuss a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of Taiwan, Li Teng-hui, be allowed to visit the United States.
• SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 3--RELATIVE TO TAIWAN AND THE UNITED NATIONS (Senate - January 19, 1995) Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that Taiwan deserves full participation, including a seat, in the United Nations.
• REGARDING THE TAIWAN-MAINLAND CHINA RELATIONS UNDER PREMIER LIEN CHAN -- (BY WINSTON L. YANG) (Extension of Remarks - January 19, 1995) Since his appointment as Premier of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan in early 1993, Lien Chan has repeatedly stressed that the ROC is entitled to enjoy international recognition prior to reunification. The ROC's decision to participate in the U.N. is not intended to create a permanent split between the two sides.

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