BUSH APPROVES ARMS SALES TO CHINA, KUWAIT IN FINAL WEEKS

In: Arms control today, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 23, 28

Abstract

OUTGOING PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH ENDED HIS TERM IN OFFICE WITH A FLURRY OF ARMS SALES, QUIETLY ANNOUNCING MAJOR WEAPONS SHIPMENTS TO COMMUNIST CHINA AND KUWAIT IN THE CLOSING WEEKS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. BUSH APPROVED FOUR WEAPONS SALES TO CHINA, LIFTING AN ARMS BAN THAT HAD BEEN IN FORCE SINCE THE TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE IN 1989.