Guys, please understand that weapon sales to Taiwan is highly symbolic. It grinds on the fact that an alliance between the 2 governments still exist and that the US still stands by its commitments.
The reason why the US does not sell sophisticated weapons to Taiwan such as modern fighter jets but only minesweepers, black hawks and decades-old SAM-3s is because of the inherited risks of losing the tech to China, not "Chinese pressure." An island as defenseless as Taiwan is incapable of protecting US assets and will be a free lunch for Chinese reverse-engineers if the US fails to deter a Chinese advance.
You guys really have no leverage against the US but they will reduce the sophistication in weapons sold to Taiwan regardless, as the risk of losing their assets to an modernizing Chinese military heightens.
Rightly analyzed!
If you see those security violators of Chinese Americans arrested in USA and else where, most of them are from Taiwan!
Taiwan arrests suspected China spy amid thaw | Reuters
Taiwan presidential office official arrested for spying for China: reports. - Free Online Library
FT.com / China / Politics & Foreign Policy - Four arrested in US-China spy cases
and just look at the names:
Wen-ho Lee Wen Ho Lee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wu-Tai Chin Larry Wu-Tai Chin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chi Mak Chi Mak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moo Ko-Suen http://www.hanford.gov/oci/ci_spy.cfm?dossier=133
...
all are Taiwanese.