US-China Economic and Security Commission

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By Charles Snyder
STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004,Page 1

A blue-ribbon US government panel has recommended that Washington reconsider its "one China" policy and other fundamental US policies toward Taiwan.

The recommendation is the most dramatic of a series of suggestions made by the high-powered US-China Economic and Security Commission, a group set up by Congress in 2000 to assess US policies on US-China relations.

"Recent developments across the Strait are putting increasing stress on the United States' `one China' policy, demonstrating the need for a new assessment of policy that takes into consideration current realities," said the report, released yesterday morning in Washington.

"Congress and the administration should conduct a fresh assessment of the `one China' policy, given the changing realities in China and Taiwan, including the policy's successes, failures and continued viability," the report said.

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1. US allies arming China's unification push: report

REUTERS , WASHINGTON

The US would face an increasingly lethal Chinese army modernized by Washington's friends and allies if it had to defend Taiwan in a war with Beijing, a US study released yesterday said.

Russia's arms exports to China are more sophisticated than ever, and Israel -- recipient of some of the US' most advanced technology -- has an increasingly worrisome defense relationship with Beijing, the report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said.

Moreover, if the EU lifts its arms embargo on China as some members want, that could "dramatically enhance China's military capability," the report added.

Echoing a recent Pentagon study, the commission said China's military capabilities "increasingly appear to be shaped to fit a Taiwan conflict scenario and to target US air and naval forces that could become involved."

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