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Article: US-Taiwan-China relationship back in balance
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- October 8, 2008
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Taiwan's once-strained relations with the United States are back on track after the Bush administration approved a long-delayed US$6.5 billion package of weapons to help the island defend itself against China.
Though China reacted angrily, the deal is also a sign that the sometimes shaky three-way relationship between China, Taiwan and the U.S. is moving back into balance.
China had profited from a rupture in U.S.-Taiwan military relations, but with the announcement of the deal, that rupture has now been repaired.
"The final decision of the U.S. executive branch reflected a prudent and rational decision," said Alexander Huang, a China policy expert at Tamkang ...