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Taiwan nears Patriot contract: Raytheon

Taipei Times

Raytheon Co, the world’s largest missile maker, said Taiwan was close to signing a contract for three Patriot missile firing batteries and related equipment that the US agreed to sell to the country in January.

The order could be finalized as early as this year, after the legislature approves the accord, Sanjay Kapoor, vice president of Patriot programs, said in an interview at the Farnborough Air Show near London.

Taiwan judiciary needs reform, not KMT control

Taiwan News Editorial

Last Wednesday's shocking arrest of three Taiwan High Court judges, a prosecutor and two intermediaries for allegedly taking bribes from former senior Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) legislator and ex-Miaoli County commissioner Ho Chih-hui to purchase a "not guilty" verdict in a major corruption case has gravely damaged the reputation of Taiwan's judicial system.

Judicial Yuan President Lai Ing-jao, who had been appointed by former president Chen Shui-bian, submitted his resignation to President and KMT chairman Ma Ying-jeou and also approved the resignation of Taiwan High Court President Huang Shui-tung.

Speakers nix PRC cyber warfare talk under pressure

Taipei Times

Experts at a private Taiwanese security company decided to pull out of a security conference in Las Vegas after coming under what was described as pressure from Chinese and Taiwanese agencies.

Wayne Huang, chief technology officer and founder of Taiwanese security vendor Armorize Technologies, and Jack Yu, a researcher at the company, were scheduled to give a talk on Chinese cyber warfare capabilities at the Black Hat USA 2010 security conference, which will be held in Las Vegas on Wednesday and Thursday next week.

China’s economic data is suspect

Derek Scissors

China has again announced fast growth with low inflation. And again, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will be widely praised as a future, or even current, economic superpower. However, other facts have not changed, and in these instances stability is not a laudable goal.

Once more, there are inconsistencies in the most basic and prominent official Chinese data. To the extent official data are reflective, persistent imbalances within the economy are no smaller and may be worsening. The loan stimulus so effective in pushing the PRC past an economic rough patch has now faded. Growth, while still strong, is waning as the stimulus fades, highlighting another round of damage inflicted on the financial system.

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