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	Wikinfo \| Armed force
		Militaries in many larger countries are divided into an army, an air force, and a navy (if necessary).
		The investment in military forces and their associated technologies can result in many ancillary benefits to the society as a whole.
		These military investments are increased during a war or other conflict, and in a virtuous cycle can accelerate the technological development of the society as a whole.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=military (616 words)

	U.S.-Taiwan Relations
		Taiwan’s ability to defend itself is essential to create the conditions that are conducive to peaceful dialogue, which contributes to regional stability as a whole.
		Taiwan’s leaders have made it clear that it is committed to a strong defense, but that Taiwan's security in the long term requires reaching out to the other side to begin moving toward a peaceful resolution of cross-Strait differences.
		Taiwan's military doctrine should enable its forces to be able to respond effectively to the new and emerging challenges facing Taiwan’s security.
	www.state.gov /p/eap/rls/rm/2003/17796.htm (1805 words)

	Taiwan's military stays on 'heightened alert'
		Taiwan's armed forces have a fighting strength around 400,000 officers and men, but the spokesman refused to say how many were on duty at any one time.
		The China Times said yesterday that mainland military aircraft had flown 13,00 sorties in the Taiwan Strait since Lee's statement, as many as the total flown in the area since the Kuomintang withdrew to Taiwan in 1949 after losing mainland China's civil war to the communists led by Mao Zedong.
		Former Taiwan Provincial Governor James Soong, who on Saturday grabbed 81 percent of the vote on Kinmen, said yesterday he would return there as soon as possible to show his appreciation for the staunch support given him by the islanders.
	www.fas.org /news/taiwan/2000/20000320p7.htm (673 words)

	NationMaster - Taiwan Military statistics
		Taiwan's first nuclear reactor was built at National Tsinghua University in 1956, and its first nuclear power plant was opened in 1965.
		Taiwan now possesses six nuclear units housed in three nuclear power plants with a total capacity of 5,144 megawatts.
		Taiwan probably possesses the technological expertise necessary to develop nuclear weapons, but U.S. pressure and the possibility of a pre-emptive strike by China have prevented a resumption of the nuclear weapons program.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/tw-taiwan/mil-military (296 words)

	AWSJ: Building Trust in Taiwan
		Chen faced an uphill battle to build support among a military elite still dominated by a network of mainland Chinese families that moved to the island after the Nationalist government lost a civil war to the Communists in China in 1949.
		Although Taiwan was ruled under martial law for nearly four decades until 1987, democratic reforms have increased notions of public accountability and civilian control of the armed forces.
		Taiwan's military signaled its support for democratic government and constitutional rule of law when its chief, Tang Yiau-min, said it would respect the results of the vote that produced Mr.
	www.taiwandc.org /wsj-2001-02.htm (1002 words)

	Overview - Taiwan Military Agencies
		The authorities on Taiwan call their administration the "Republic of China," and for many years claimed to be the legitimate government of all China.
		Taiwan has been able to join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) dialogue as an "economy" and is applying to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a "customs territory." Twenty eight countries currently maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
		Taiwan is a major investor in China, and China recently passed the United States as Taiwan's largest export market.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/taiwan/intro.htm (1280 words)

	IS-012000-Nolt
		China's military strength is now often being exaggerated both by China itself, to avoid being taken for granted by the West, and by Western commentators, some of whom are merely ignorant of China's limited military capabilities, while others are interested in promoting a new justification for maintaining high military spending in the post-Cold-War era.
		Military experts in China must realize, however, that if the Taiwanese armed forces were to choose resistance, the PLA might have to fight a real war, for which their forces are ill prepared.
		Indecisive use of military force is unlikely to win sympathy in Taiwan for rule from Beijing, but merely alienate the people (or at least the armed forces) of Taiwan and harden their resolve to resist.
	taiwansecurity.org /IS/IS-012000-Nolt.htm (10870 words)

	Taiwan
		It is the traveler’s responsibility to obtain a U.S. passport from the Department of State and the appropriate visas from the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Representative’s Office (TECRO) in Washington, D.C., or the nearest office of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO).
		Travelers arriving in Taiwan with a valid passport and valid Taiwan visas may be admitted for up to 90 days even if their passports are valid for less than 6 months.
		Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), 22 U.S.C. 3309(a), the Taiwan Economic Cultural Representative's Office ("TECRO") is the instrumentality established by the people of Taiwan having the necessary authority under the laws of Taiwan to take actions on behalf of Taiwan in accordance with the Act.
	travel.state.gov /travel/taiwan.html (2564 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		Taiwan wants to send a signal that it is determined to get independence even by military means, as it has the encouragement and protection of the US.
		Taiwan, encouraged by the US militarily and politically, has the impression that mainlanders are weak and do not have the determination and resources to crush Taiwan's independence even if they want to as their economy is at a fast growth rate and the Summer Olympic Games will soon be held in Beijing.
		Taiwan may not understand that mainlanders regard the unity of the whole country as the basis of further economic development, state power and national dignity and security.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FG29Ad04.html (1657 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Taiwan's defense budget has increased significantly from $8.3 billion in 1998, $10.9 billion in 1999 to $12.8bn in 2000 reflecting a heightened sense of insecurity, especially towards China.
		Taiwan is relying increasingly on superior technology in the armed services.
		In recent years, Taiwan has also developed an extensive indigeneous military manufactoring capability, producing a variety of high technology weapons, including fighter aircraft and missiles, and is working with the United States to develop more advanced naval forces.
	www.cdi.org /issues/Asia/taiwanmi.html (192 words)

	Defense Budget - Taiwan
		The core policy of Taiwan's National Military Strategy is to avoid war, and to assure the security and stability of the Taiwan Strait.
		Taiwan must maintain an appropriate defense capability to guarantee the survival of the island as well as the security and prosperity of the people.
		Taiwan is expected to build its national defense capability to emphasize quality and power over quantity by fielding a C4ISR system and by acquiring defensive weapons.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/taiwan/budget.htm (950 words)

	China May Increase Military Pressure Against Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The military exercises China is conducting this week may not be the last step in Beijing's pressure campaign against Taiwan, according to top officials and scholars here.
		Taiwan's offshore islands are not covered by the Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. law that requires the United States to take unspecified action in response to any Chinese military actions against Taiwan.
		Taiwan has already had to spend billions of dollars in foreign-exchange reserves to stabilize prices on its stock exchange and to preserve the value of its currency, the new Taiwan dollar.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V116/N13/china.13w.html (762 words)

	China to modernize military, reunify Taiwan: defense chief
		China will be a force for global peace but it must arm its military with the latest in high-tech weapons and ensure that Taiwan never splits from the mainland, the defense minister said Monday.
		Cao was speaking at a military meeting in Beijing ahead of Tuesday's 79th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
		The report also said that China's military modernization was largely aimed at retaking Taiwan by force, with Beijing targeting some 800 ballistic missiles at the island which it views as a renegade province awaiting reunification.
	infowars.net /articles/August2006/010806modernize.htm (398 words)

	Military.com Content
		Taiwan’s president, Chen Shui-bian, appears confident he can handle relations with the opposition party and the country’s military.
		Tang's military background, he acted as defense minister and air force chief, also served to calm the armed forces' fears about Chen's pro-independence stance.
		Thirteen military officers and 15 arms brokers were jailed, two retired generals were detained, and ten other high-ranking officers -- including a former naval commander-in-chief -- were questioned in Taiwan's largest anti-corruption drive in years.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=SL4october (552 words)

	The Fourth Geneva Convention, Military Occupation, and Taiwan
		From the second half of the eighteenth century onwards, international law came to distinguish between the military occupation of a country and territorial acquisition by invasion and annexation, the difference between the two being originally expounded upon by Emerich de Vattel in his opus The Law of Nations (1758).
		Japanese forces in Taiwan and some other places continued to police those territories until the allies were able to take over the administration, so their surrender took place at a different time to that of the Japanese high command, and some time after the cessation of hostilities.
		Taiwan was never under any UN Trusteeship arrangement, and must currently be viewed as under an interim status of post USA "belligerent occupation." The USA legally holds the sovereignty of Taiwan cession while the ROC exercises the effective territorial control as the subordinate military governors of SFPT.
	www.taiwanadvice.com /4th_geneva.htm (1151 words)

	China's Military
		China's military budget, roughly equal to that of Taiwan in 1994, is now estimated to be three times as big as that of its potential target.
		China is overcoming its military backwardness by leapfrogging to new generations of technology, including the latest in information-warfare tactics: electronic and cyber warfare, decapitation attacks, special-forces operations, computer viruses and psychological operations that could cripple Taiwan's command-and-control structures.
		Military analyst Andrew Yang believes that China's strategy is partly aimed at deterring a U.S. intervention on Taiwan's side.
	www.orwelltoday.com /chinamilitary.shtml (1120 words)

	Military of the Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The military's current foremost mission is the defense of the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu against a possible invasion by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China, which is seen as the predominant threat to the ROC
		Because of the historical legacy having once controlled Mainland China, the army has traditionally been the most important of Taiwan's military forces, although this has declined in recent years with the realization that the army's role in defending against a PRC invasion is limited.
		Should hostilities occur, current ROC military doctrine centers upon the principle of "offshore engagement" where the primary goal of the armed forces in any conflict with the PRC would be to keep as much of the fighting away from Taiwan proper for as long as possible to minimize damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Taiwan (2588 words)

	china and taiwan - Military Photos
		The annual war games are Taiwan's way of showcasing its readiness to repel an attack by neighboring China, and they also serve as a reminder that the island's back-up muscle comes from Washington, long its major supporter.
		The exercise highlights a rivalry between democratic Taiwan and its giant communist neighbor that potentially could draw the United States into a conflict with a China that is fast emerging as a global heavyweight.
		China and Taiwan split in 1949, and since then Beijing has never abandoned its position that the island is part of its territory, to be recovered by force if necessary.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=88724 (1727 words)

	Rift between New Government and Military in Taiwan [Free Republic]
		A Taiwanese Defense Ministry spokesman March 24 reiterated Taiwan Defense Minister Tang Fei’s decision not to serve in the Cabinet of president-elect Chen.
		In its statement to uphold democracy and the constitution, then, the military presents a veiled threat against the DPP, which may be pondering an unconstitutional move.
		The military clearly does not trust the nation to the hands of the DPP and is declaring its autonomy from Chen’s government.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a38dd1b39459a.htm (662 words)

	Reuters-US-Military-Mission-in-Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The team was to hold working-level meetings with the Taiwan military from Monday, it added, quoting authoritative military sources.
		The paper said the US mission is expected to draw up a report on the establishment of a missile shield to protect the island from any blitz by China.
		Taiwan's cabinet approved a draft report last month calling for a missile defense system to defend the island against any air attack by China.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /Reu/Reuters-US-Military-Mission-in-Taiwan.htm (402 words)

	Military Affairs: Taiwan Cross-Strait Directory
		Among the world's top 10 military spenders are the US, Japan and the P.R.C. The US is Taiwan's largest arms supplier.
		Reminding Taiwan voters of PRC priorities, the State Council published China's National Defence in 2000.
		The Pacific forum sponsored a "Taiwan Security in the Year 2000: Retrospect and Prospects" on 15 December 2000 (download W*A84K versions if.pdf files are not legible).
	apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu /~taiwan/military.htm (355 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mainland Chinese prostitutes, already in abundance in Taiwan, could be recruited by Chinese intelligence to serve as femme fatales, supplying critical intelligence on the locations of key government and military leaders at odd hours of the night; death is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
		As the saying goes, "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog that matters." Taiwan's military is rife with lethargic and ineffectual troops just begging for their 20-month tour of duty to end so they can go back to their girlfriends and jobs.
		Taiwan's air force would be kept busy trying to repair runway damage caused by the estimated 500 short-range ballistic missiles deployed along China's coast and targeting Taiwan.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FD10Ad02.html (2969 words)

	USATODAY.com - China: Taiwan risks provoking military action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		BEIJING (AP) — China ratcheted up its tough talk Wednesday, warning Taiwan that increasing "radical pro-independence moves" are shoving the mainland toward preparations for a military solution to the half-century rivalry.
		The article came days after Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian angered Beijing by saying Taiwan is a separate nation and might "walk down its own Taiwanese road." The communist Chinese government considers unification with Taiwan — which broke away in 1949 amid civil war — to be its most sensitive issue.
		China wants Taiwan to agree the island is an inseparable part of "one China." Chen has refused to accept this, fearing the world might mistakenly think democratic Taiwan is part of the communist mainland.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-08-06-china-taiwan_x.htm (818 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Taiwan exploring military pact with India?
		Military sources in Taiwan reportedly have said that Taipei and New Delhi are exploring military cooperation.
		Taiwan's Chinese-language United Daily News reported Jan. 2 that "reliable sources" within the military are saying that Taiwan and India have exchanged military intelligence and that armed forces chiefs on both sides recently have met.
		According to the United Daily News, the military officials said that "Taiwan's military cooperation with India is like an ambush at the backdoor of the communist mainland," and that "India seeks cooperation with Taiwan because it wants Taiwan to serve as a 'thorn,' so that mainland China would feel thorns at both sides."
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25972 (942 words)

	CNN.com - Thorny China Taiwan relations - August 1, 2002
		BEIJING, China (CNN) -- To the Chinese military, the Taiwan question is an issue of restoring China's sovereign territory.
		China's ability to launch a military strike against Taiwan is strengthening, according to a recent Pentagon report.
		While China portrays its military option as a distant second behind a peaceful solution to the Taiwan question, estimates are that Beijing is adding around 50 short range missiles a year to its arsenal all well within striking distance from Taiwan.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/08/01/china.taiwan/index.html (352 words)

	A Matter of Time: Taiwan's Eroding Military Advantage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Taiwan will continue to hold a number of significant qualitative military advantages against its potential adversary in mainland China for most of the next decade.
		During this period, the island's security will be insured not so much by Taiwan's adequate defenses as by China's shortfalls in offensive capabilities.
		It argues that China is closing the gap in several key areas and Taiwan's "window of invulnerability" is gradually closing.
	www.brookings.edu /views/20000407_shambaugh_page.htm (326 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Taiwan cancels military exercise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Taiwan says it is cancelling a military exercise due to take place next month after China apparently abandoned similar manoeuvres.
		"I think this is very important, because we hope everyone on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can co-operate under the principle of peace for a win-win situation," he said in comments carried by a local TV station.
		Taiwan's mass-circulation China Times speculated on Monday that it may have been motivated by political differences within China, US pressure, or a drive to improve relations with Taipei.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3613312.stm (332 words)

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