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Ep. 324 | The History of Taiwan (Part 15)

The China History Podcast

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The Rise and Fall of US Arms Sales to Taiwan

The US government has become quite adept at maneuvering around the obstacle course of ambiguities and loopholes of all the arms deals signed between American suppliers and the ROC military. Arms sales to Taiwan jumped almost 30 billion, two thirds of that just for eight submarines and other amphibious equipment and weapons. And if anyone sold their shares in Lockheed, Northrop are Boeing before Bush 43 took office? Well, they ended up missing out.

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