TY - BOOK AU - MCNEIL Kirsten TI - Long-delayed arms sales to Taiwan announced PY - 2008/// KW - TAIWAN KW - ARMS PROCUREMENT KW - FOREIGN RELATIONS KW - UNITED STATES N2 - When U.S. notified that it plans to sell more than $6.4 billion in military equipment to Taiwan, this triggered sharp criticism from China, which believes that this would violate bilateral assurances made by Washington to decrease arms transfers to Taiwan ER -