IMPORTANT PIECE OF HISTORY that makes you scratch your head when you hear about China's missile testing a threat to the U.S. - when Obama and Clinton made the missile technology available to the Chinese in October, 2009:
On October 15, 2009 two events took place:
- The balloon boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, in Fort Collins, Colorado, when the parents of a six-year-old boy, Falcon Heene, claimed that he had floated away in a home-made balloon.
- The Washington Post ran the following "EXCLUSIVE" under cover of Balloon Boy. (The Commerce Department being under Hillary Clinton's State Department.)
China reaffirms its missile interception test defensive
Xinhua
BEIJING, (Xinhua) -- China's missile interception test Monday accorded with its defensive military strategy, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang ...
US to provide arms to help Taiwan fend off possible China attack
The Guardian - 4 hours ago
AP China-Taiwan relations had been improving since the election of Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou in March 2008.
US says it will continue arms sales to Taiwan
eTaiwan News
AP US military officials are vowing to provide Taiwan with weapons despite China's warning that such sales are meddling and could lead to conflict. ...
US officials wary of Chinese military buildup ArmyTimes.com
U.S. official questions China space intentions
Clinton Tries to Defuse Asian Tension
Asia has emerged as a diplomatic hornet’s nest for the U.S. even beyond the perennial threat of North Korea, with strains in Japan and China.
U.S. faces long odds in improved relations with Asia
"Asians are linking themselves not with military pacts but with trade"
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates cancel trips to Australia
Clinton accepts delay over base
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration feels assured of Japan's commitment to the bilateral security alliance, even as Tokyo weighs abandoning the 2006 deal on relocating the U.S. Futenma military base.
