Taiwan and Military Procurements from the United States

In April 2001, the Bush administration announced its approval of a major arms sales package for Taiwan. The package was the largest approved for sale to Taiwan since 1992. Many analysts saw the arms sales package as sending a message that some of the long standing constraints on United States arms sales to Taiwan had become outdated. The United States has also assisted Taiwan in education and training [Dangerous Strait, 173]. In recent years a large number of Taiwan officers have come to the United States for study or training. Taiwanese officials see military education and training exchanges as an important way to develop long-term relationships between Taiwan officers and their U.S. counterparts, much like Russian and United States officials worked together at the end of the Cold War. The hope of Taiwan officials is that within the next 10 to 20 years these relationships will pay dividends