Article: Taiwan feels squeezed as China cozies up to the United States.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)

TAICHUNG, Taiwan _ Inside an airplane hangar littered with pigeon droppings, eight vintage U.S.-made fighter jets, retired just last month after decades of service, are collecting dust. The air force, a Taiwanese colonel quipped, deserves a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records for flying the 40-year-old F-104 for so long.

Taiwan, however, has little choice but to fly obsolete jets that are nearly twice as old as their pilots. Few countries dare to sell it modern aircraft or other military equipment for fear of incurring the wrath of China.

Now that relations between China and the United States are warming, with a landmark summit between ...

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