Re: China to buy Eurofighters?

Not sure about his reasoning, but the possibility of war over Taiwanese
independence is always a possibility.  No telling what would happen if
Taiwan declares independence (again being discussed now) but the US almost
surely intervene, and then it is probably a matter of time before Europe was
dragged in.

Jarg

"phil hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 07:04:27 GMT, Scott Ferrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 03:09:10 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (phil
> >hunt) wrote:
> >
> >>item: In October, a Chinese official report called for greater trade
> >>with the EU, and for the EU's arms embrago against China to be
> >>lifted.
> >>
> >>item: German foreign minister Gerhard Schroder recently visited
> >>China and said arms embrago should be lifted.
> >>
> >>item: a spokesman for EADS (large European arms manufacturer, which
> >>is one of the main partners in Eurofighter) recently called for the
> >>embargo to end.
> >>
> >>Any speculation as to what weapons China wants to buy? I think the
> >>Eurofighter. Also on the shopping list might be ASRAAM, Meteor and
> >>ASTER anti-aircraft missiles.
> >>
> >>There's a more detailed discussion of this on my blog at:
> >><http://www.cabalamat.org/weblog/art_97.html>
> >
> >
> >In my opinion selling them top of the line stuff is the height of
> >stupidity.  It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out what the
> >situation is going to be with China and the West in ten to fifteen
> >years.
>
> You say that as if you assume hostility is obviously going to
> happen. I'd like to see your reasoning for that...
>
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