Chinese missile tests off Taiwan
- Title
- Chinese missile tests off Taiwan
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 9 Mar 1996
- Year of production
- 1996
- Play audio
- To listen to the audio files, please log in.
- Duration
- 00:03:38
- Description
- Tension is increasing in the Far East, as China has test fired three missiles which landed in the sea near the island of Taiwan. Taiwan’s defence minister has threatened retaliation if China violated its territorial waters. A run on the banks, a shortage of US dollars but a rally on the Taipei stock market are just a few of the consequences of China’s testing actions. Graham Leach asked James King, Taiwan correspondent in Taipei, whether the threat of retaliation could be taken seriously.
- Contributors
- Graham Leach; James King
- Keywords
- China; International relations; Weapons; Missiles; Stock exchanges; Taiwan; Weapons testing
The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 258 times.