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Mr T

Senior Member
Good news for Taiwan over the French scandal, if the report is correct. I suppose the only problem is that whilst the Defence Ministry would claim the money should be their's (given the Kang Dings were bought with their money) the Finance Ministry would try to grab it.

Still at least it would strengthen the Defence Ministry's future procurement requests once the amount has been finalised.
 

Aero_Wing_32

Junior Member
Still at least it would strengthen the Defence Ministry's future procurement requests once the amount has been finalised.
Do you mean french procurement? If so, my opinion is that such an agreement is a preliminary condition for future and potential major arm sales from France to Taiwan ROC.
But I heard about this news a few days before, it s a good thing for better relationships that werent bad in fact.
 

Mr T

Senior Member
Do you mean french procurement?

No, I meant that it will be easier for the Defence Ministry to get approval from the Finance Ministry for the next couple of procurement projects.

If so, my opinion is that such an agreement is a preliminary condition for future and potential major arm sales from France to Taiwan ROC.

The best way to enable French arms sales would have been an out of court settlement. But once this has been concluded it might allow both countries to move on. Or France and Thales might like to make an agreement where they don't pay/pay less and Taiwan buys something from them at a discounted rate.
 

bd popeye

The Last Jedi
VIP Professional
I posted this in the http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/general-pictures/chinese-daily-life-photos-7-4403.html. What do you gents think. A simple mistake? Or espionage?

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Chinese tourist Ma Zhongfei (R) is escorted by a policeman to a detention centre in Taipei May 26, 2009. The Chinese tourist has been arrested in Taiwan, a self-ruled island China claims as its own, accused of taking illegal photos at a military compound, officials said on Tuesday. The arrest of the man is the first of its kind since Taiwan began allowing Chinese tourists to visit en masse since July, a measure to stimulate the economy.
 

pla101prc

Senior Member
When the Ma administration opened the three links up, and allowed large groups of Chinese tourists to enter I knew something like this would happen. How can it be a simple mistake? There were signs within the building saying what the place was. And sneaking through the back door into the Computer Warfare command area in and taking pictures of the whole surrounding area. Try him for espionage!

way to jump to conclusions. there are a million explanations for this until the investigation goes underway. as far as i am concerned it could be the greens in Taiwan trying to play their political game again...as they always do
 
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