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April 27, 2012

America's Soft Line on China Arms Sales

Gordon Chang, Around Asia

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On Friday, the New York Times revealed that the Obama administration is planning to relay to Beijing its concerns about the apparent sale by a Chinese enterprise of six missile-transport vehicles to North Korea. The eight-axle TELs (which stands for transporter-erector-launchers) were spotted in a Pyongyang military parade on April 15th, hauling what looked to be a new long-range missile.

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