Chinese arms sales a `threat to peace'

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NO JUSTIFICATION: Chen said the EU had no reason to lift its arms embargo against China, and that sales of weapons to the autocratic regime posed a threat
By Huang Tai-lin
STAFF REPORTER
Friday, Mar 11, 2005,Page 1

President Chen Shui-bian (???) yesterday called on the international community to understand that China poses the greatest obstacle to peace in the Taiwan Strait, and that selling arms to the communist giant is tantamount to encouraging an authoritarian country to attack a democratic one.

"What has introduced uncertainties to cross-strait relations is not the determination of the 23 million people of Taiwan to pursue democracy and freedom, but rather the other side's reluctance to renounce the use of force," Chen said, without naming Beijing's specifically. The president's words come on the heels of China's proposed "anti-secession" legislation.

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