China suspends military exchanges with US(over arms sale to Taiwan)

AP ^ | 01/30/10 | CARA ANNA

[TigerLikesRooster]

China suspends military exchanges with US

By CARA ANNA, Associated Press Writer

BEIJING – China suspended military exchanges with the United States and threatened sanctions against American defense companies Saturday, just hours after Washington announced $6.4 billion in planned arms sales to Taiwan.

The development has further strained the complex relations between the two powers, which are increasingly linked by security and economic issues.

China's Defense Ministry said the sales to self-governing Taiwan, which the mainland claims as its own, cause "severe harm" to overall U.S.-China cooperation, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. The Foreign Ministry threatened sanctions against U.S. companies involved in the arms sales.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy, Susan Stevenson, had no comment on China's actions Saturday.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Google, steel pipe tariff, and now weapons sale to Taiwan. This gets interesting.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[2001convSVT]

GOOD, now if only we could get the Chinese spies to leave.

[mkjessup]

It's time for an MKJ 'global solutions' post (one which I've made before), the answer to all of these problems can be fixed by the fine folks at Rand-McNally maps.

First, issue NEW maps and globes in which Taiwan is relabeled 'North Korea', and 'North Korea' is relabeled 'Taiwan', naturally 'Pyongyang' becomes 'Taipei' and vice versa.

Then inform Beijing that the United States will 'deal' with North Korea as we see fit and they don't have to worry about it anymore. Likewise, notify the ChiComs that they can feel free to reunite with Taiwan anytime they like, just pour those troops into 'Taipei' (heh heh) and arrest the Taiwanese leader Kim Jong Il and hang the little SOB from the nearest light pole.

MKJ Global Solutions - Can We Find One for YOU? ;)

[valkyry1]

I guess they are counting on Obama to cave for them.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Great idea, and great sense of humor.:-)

[Svartalfiar]

Haha that would probably work too! Though I think most of those maps are made in China already so you might need to be kinda covert when making the switch :/

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

...This gets interesting.

Hopefully not as in "May you live in interesting times."

Times in this nation are, IMO, interesting enough at present.

[Tainan]

I have no problem with this.

And I do hope no one actually believes this will stop any Chinese from continuing any current or projected business with the evil running dog capitalist USA.