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To: Sam Citron who wrote (159629)	3/29/2005 11:52:12 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Sam, Think its the old containment policy rearing its ugly head. South Asia is a natural barrier to Chinese expansion and now China wont be able to play regional games as they used to when they supported Pakistan against India. This is all in recognition of MQ fear of chinese expansionism. On one side you have the US and Island states concerned with chinese imperialism and on the other South Asia. Hot spots can always be the border areas like NK and even NVn as well as places like Taiwan. China needs to be a world power, yes but there have to be some constraints on that power and in Asia, i think the US has it largely right. Mike

To: Sam Citron who wrote (159629)	5/11/2005 12:08:14 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Pakistan and China sign jet fighter deal [FT] By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad Published: May 10 2005 03:00 \| Last updated: May 10 2005 03:00 Pakistan and China have agreed to start joint production of a new fighter aircraft intended as a replacement for the ageing French and Chinese aircraft used by Pakistan's air force, a senior Pakistani air force officer said yesterday. The agreement comes only two months after the US offered to sell F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan, reversing sanctions applied almost 15 years ago in protest at Islamabad's nuclear weapons programme. The first four of the JF-17 "Thunder" aircraft would be delivered to Pakistan next year for trial flights, while the supply of a total of 150 aircraft would begin in 2007, said Air Vice Marshal Shahid Latif, director of the JF-17 project. China's Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute is the architect of the JF-17 while its prototypes, first flown last year by Pakistani test pilots, were made by the Chengdu Aircraft Company based in Sichuan province. "The [JF-17] project is not only of strategic importance to the air force but it has far-reaching implications both for the national defence and economic prosperity of Pakistan," Air Vice Marshal Latif said. Pakistan and China were planning to produce at least 400 JF-17 fighters, with the balance of 250 of them on order for China's air force. Pakistani air force officials said that, under the agreement, half the fighters would be produced in China while the other half would be made in Pakistan. A Pakistani government official said the JF-17 project was being pursued with a view to exporting the fighter to other countries once the aircraft had established a service record with Pakistan. Western defence officials in Islamabad said the agreement underlined the collaboration between Pakistan and China, which have maintained defence ties for four decades. During a visit to Pakistan last month, Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, witnessed the ceremony for Pakistan's planned purchase of four naval frigates from China. One senior western official said there were reports that Pakistan was negotiating the purchase of another four frigates from China and was also considering the purchase of components for submarines.