China threatened to impose sanctions on US arms sales worth 1.83 billion US dollars to Taiwan

China threatened to impose sanctions on US arms sales worth 1.83 billion US dollars to Taiwan

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Ngeth Vanny

December 20 2015

On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, the government of President Barack Obama of the United States plans to sell weapons worth more than US $ 1.83 million to Taiwan.China, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory, said business should be canceled avoid affecting relations between Taiwan, China and the United States and China also threatened sanctions on US arms manufacturers.

According to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the US Congress, said the arms package including two

warships Perry, Javelin anti-tank missiles, anti-tank missiles, TOW 2B, tanks swimming fought several AAV-7 variety of vehicles and equipment.

David McKeeby US State Department's spokesman, said that the agreement is consistent with the United States' commitment to provide enough weapons to keep Taiwan's ability to defend themselves.

China said on Thursday that it had summoned a senior US envoy to protest the city's announcement Washington said it would sell two warships to Taiwan as part of a deal to sell weapon worth $ 1.8 billion dollars.

Large-scale contracts that existed at the time of reconciliation between China and Taiwan, which has been divided since 1949, but also as Washington fears that China is making Yudhoyono Urban Planning in the South China Sea.China's Foreign Ministry said: 'absolute opposition to US arms sales to Taiwan, adding that the country will any sanctions against companies involved in the sale.Ministry: China urges US to cancel planned arms sales to Taiwan, and cease all military-related Taiwan to avoid causing further damage to China-US bilateral cooperation on key sectors.Nigerian Deputy Foreign Minister Cheng Kuang (Zheng Zeguang) has blamed a solemnity to the US Charge d'Affaires Ms. Kaye Lee on Wednesday for arms sales .  

 

The statement said that it severely against international law and basic norms of international relations and seriously affected China's sovereignty and security interests.The relationship between Beijing and Taipei has warm under the leadership of President Ma Ying of the party should aunt. But China refused to give up the right to use force if Taipei dare to declare formal independence.China and Taiwan split at the end of the civil war in 1949. 

 

 America recognizes China rather than Taiwan, but remains a key ally and a leading arms supplier to the island by provide an ongoing source of tension with Beijing.

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China threatened to impose sanctions on US arms sales worth 1.83 billion US dollars to Taiwan

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A group of US lawmakers demanded that Prime Minister Hun Sen to stop mistreating opposition

A group of US lawmakers demanded that Prime Minister Hun Sen to stop mistreating opposition

December 19 2015

A group of US lawmakers wrote a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen directly to Prime Minister Hun

Sen to stop the persecution of the opposition in the country, including Sam Rainsy, the leader National Rescue Party.
The adoption of the draft law on the organization and the beating Parliamentarian Association 2 of the National Salvation Party has made the country's democratic space narrowing. This is the comment of the same group of US lawmakers.
16 US lawmakers have written to Prime Minister Hun Sen said: 'We call for the immediate halt to persecution and persecution on the opposition and canceled warrant Sam Rainsy abandoned violent political activities and make democratic progress.The demands of the members of parliament was made in a joint letter they write to Prime Minister Hun Sen recently on 3 November . The letter that was sent to Prime Minister of Cambodia through the Cambodian embassy in the United States came after opposition leaders and MPs have suffered beatings on the body, while the top leadership was Representatives of the ruling party position and the withdrawal of immunity.
US lawmakers have written look Cambodian Prime Minister about the number of cases that have occurred in the last, and they claimed it did undermine the country's democracy. These include: the adoption of the draft law on the organization beaten Parliamentarian Association, in which the magnetic-American progress.
Some cases that occurred last it showed little overall space of democracy and civil society in his country. The activities will be the destruction of democratic institutions and causing damage to the relationship between our two countries as well. This is the warning of the 16 US lawmakers.

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Spanish "shoot" traffic tickets for Portuguese arrested

Spanish "shoot" traffic tickets for Portuguese arrested

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Radar cars caught speeding and, when contacted to identify the driver, the owners pointed to a Portuguese. Who is in jail in Portugal. The scheme was used at least 55 times in six years, according to the "El País".Operation Radar was launched in June, when the Guardia Civil Spanish realized a strange coincidence. Between 2009 and 2015, at least 55 Galician caught speeding said their cars were driven by the same person, one Portuguese, and gave as address a chain in Portugal.The violations were detected by fixed speed cameras. As is the case in Portugal, through the registration of the vehicle, the Guardia Civil determines the identity and the owner's address and contact it to identify who at the time was driving. Only in Ourense, 37 people have returned the fine to the Portuguese citizen.It was enough to raise suspicions with the authorities, who sought a common bond between the owners. This link is a car dealership in Pontevedra, Galicia. It was there that the fines were sent and the owners were advised to use the ploy to avoid having to pay the fines and accumulate negative points on driving license.The Guardia Civil suspected that the owners of the cars ended up giving the stand the fines by the promise that they would get rid of the negative points in the letter. In some cases, the stand kept the money. Estimated to have been able to circumvent the authorities by 12 thousand euros.Security forces have extended the research to the rest of Galicia and found a total of 55 fines sent to Portugal. The owner of the stand and three others were arrested.

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Finance will no longer give away cars

Finance will no longer give away cars

December 19 2015 at 10:17


The draw Invoice Lucky will turn out to savings certificates rather than cars, as they have since 2014, when it was created to encourage taxpayers to ask invoice, Lusa said the government source.

The amendment to the prize Lucky Invoice should take place from April, with the value of the savings certificate is similar to the current premium of around 40,000 euros.This year have been drawn 52 cars upscale and at the end of the year there will be three cars Audi A6 drawn in extraordinary draw of 30 December.The Lucky Invoice lottery was created by the government led by Passos Coelho to encourage taxpayers to ask invoice, helping to combat fraud and tax evasion.A week ago, the Secretary of State for Fiscal Affairs, Fernando Rocha Andrade, acknowledged that the draw has played "an important role in combating fraud and tax evasion, which justifies its continuity," and prepares to take into Soon the Council of Ministers a proposal to change the prize to be awarded.The amendment will only take place in April next year, because there are still cars in 'stock' to assign, Lusa said the government source.The rules of the competition provides for the award of a prize, without specifying, taxpayers requesting invoice and you associate your tax identification number (TIN), only limiting the annual amount that can be spent on prizes - ten million euros including stamp duty.The amount to pay the Invoice Lucky is transferred annually through the state budget, and the allocation of prizes preceded by the launch of a procurement procedure.

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New "Star Wars" hit record revenues in debut

New "Star Wars" hit record revenues in debut

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The film "Star Wars: The Awakening of force" hit box office records in his debut in the North American market and is on the verge of becoming one of the greatest films ever in terms of revenue in the latest cinema.O rooms episode of the saga "Star Wars" earned $ 57 million on opening night in US cinemas and Canada, on Thursday, beating the previous record of 43.5 million, which belonged to the second film in the series "Harry Potter" 2011.
According to Disney, the producer of the film, given the numbers already established sales Friday tickets, everything points to a total of 100 million dollars in 24 hours, which is a new record in the industry.
The film of the Harry Potter series of 2011 amounted, in the first day of release 91 million dollars in US and Canadian ticket sales.
"Star Wars: The Awakening of force" debuted this week in several countries, including Portugal, and since the first exhibition, on Wednesday, has achieved box office receipts of at least $ 130 million, setting records in countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway or Sweden.
Disney believes that the film will surpass $ 200 million in ticket sales in the first weekend of exhibition week and hit another record in this case, the "Jurassic World" (208.8 million dollars).
"The awakening of force", directed by JJ Abrams, is the seventh film in a series conceived by US director George Lucas and which has become a phenomenon of popular culture, marking several generations of viewers over the last forty years.
The shoot was handed over to JJ Abrams, producer of the television series "Lost" and director, among others, of "Mission Impossible" and the new "Star Trek".
The film is also the first since Disney took over the command of the series, acquired the George Lucas in 2013 for four billion dollars.
According to the New York Times, Disney hopes to have a global box office revenue of 2.5 billion dollars and an estimate of 5 billion dollars for product sales associated with the series. 2020 are expected to debut four new films.

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