From: hotmail@hotmail.edu   
      
   Lee wrote:   
      
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   >Taiwanese fear betrayal as Trump bows to Xi   
   >FEb 18   
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   >In December, President Trump roused China’s   
   >ire by approving an $11 billion arms package   
   >to Taiwan. Now, he has raised matching   
   >concerns in Taiwan and among Democrats in   
   >Washington by saying that he is discussing   
   >future such arms sales with President Xi of   
   >China first.   
   >   
   >On the surface, that appears to be a big   
   >concession to Xi, made in a response to   
   >questions about the possibility of another   
   >weapons deal with Taiwan.   
   >   
   >"I’m talking to him [Xi] about it," Trump   
   >said this week. "We had a good conversation,   
   >and we’ll make a determination pretty soon.   
   >We have a very good relationship with   
   >President Xi."   
   >   
   >That arms sales to Taiwan could be part   
   >of wider negotiations with China — in effect,   
   >becoming a bargaining chip — is a breach of   
   >the previous assurances or at least assumptions   
   >on which Taiwan’s officials thought they could   
   >rely. Trump’s words "overturned a stance upheld   
   >by the US government’s executive branch for   
   >years," Chieh Chung, from the Institute for   
   >National Defense and Security Research, told   
   >the Taipei Times.   
   >   
   >https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/trump-xi-arms-deal-taiwan-   
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   Trump's Beijing bank account is filling up again.   
      
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