America's sale of PAC3 Patriot Missiles to Taiwan is stirring up trouble. Excellent article by Leigh Moses here. Highly, highly recommended.
In my mind, I see the decision to go ahead with this sale as a least in part motivated by US concerns about Chinese power. Obama I think has lost patience with the Chinese already, being a liberal (and a socially-conscious lawyer) he seems more concerned about justice than order. The negative position of the Chinese at the COP15 Summit also probably a factor in turning Obama into a China skeptic.
But Obama concerns with justice over order might cause greater injustice still if Moses is correct and the sale of arms to Taiwan tips the domestic balance power away from the CCP towards the PLA in China.
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