MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political analyst Dmitry...
whereas Taiwan"s current leader, Ma Ying-jeou, is from a completely different party. He is not exactly pro-Beijing, but relations with mainland China are quickly improving. The weapons are the same, but they not so urgently needed.Secondly, it would be ridiculous to assume that today"s United States would truly support separatists from Taiwan (or, say Xingjian). Washington could entertain this idea under Bill Clinton, but already under Bush the plan to weaken China by supporting Taiwan, Tibetan exiles or Xingjian terrorists looked desperately obsolete. Both China and America have changed since then.
Having announced the Taiwan deal, Obama made an obvious mistake, which even Bush managed to avoid. Did he want China to join the sanctions against Iran? At this point, it is hardly possible to compel China into anything.
The decision to scale back military cooperation with the United States is not important for China. This cooperation is as meaningless
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