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Delegation urges US to sell weapons to Taiwan
THE LONG WAY:While the US does not make diesel-electric submarines, but it could buy them from Japan, upgrade them and sell them to Taiwan, Parris Chang saidThe US should sell Taiwan the weapons it requires to deter Chinese aggression, former National Security Council deputy secretary-general Parris Chang said on Wednesday in Washington.
“Taiwan has lots of defense needs in the face of the growing threat from China,” he told a roundtable discussion hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Chang was part of a delegation of senior former officials from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) visiting the US for talks with members of the US Congress, think tanks and foreign policy experts.
“We have heard lots of talk about US concerns over Taiwan’s defense needs, but we need action,” Chang said.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/03/13/2003641470
