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...Haig goes to Peking to fix a friendship
...footpath. The Chinese are still smarting from his pro-Taiwan statements made during the presidential campaign, and suspect that he will tilt U.S. policy toward Taipei. Stopping in Hong Kong last week, on his way to three days of talks with Chinese leaders in Peking, Secretary of State Alexander Haig admitted that the purpose of his trip was "to clear the air with respect to President Reagan's policies in this region...
Among other matters, the Chinese are concerned that the Administration will honor a request by Taiwan to purchase the FX jet, an advanced American fighter plane still on the drawing boards. The White House initially favored the FX sale, but Haig has successfully delayed a decision by arguing that Taiwan's defense needs are adequately provided for and that the deal would unnecessarily antagonize the Chinese. Nevertheless, Peking is still greatly disturbed by the continuing flow of U.S. arms to the Nationalists, which amounted to nearly $800 million last year; for weeks before Haig's visit, Chinese newspapers...
China is subject to a variety of U.S. laws that place restrictions on everything from arms to export credit. Haig planned to inform Peking that Washington is prepared to loosen the controls that now govern trade between the two nations, thus paving the way for the Chinese to buy such items as radar equipment, computers and transport aircraft. In addition, the Secretary of State wanted to discuss the possible sale of arms. Ever short of funds for modernization, the Chinese prefer technology transfers and licensing agreements that would allow them to build on their own such products as the General...
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