Sunday, July 08, 2007

Taiwan, US, launch new military hotline

Taiwan and the US have launched a new military hotline:

Taiwan and the United States have launched a 24-hour military hotline to facilitate joint reaction to military clashes in the Taiwan Strait, a newspaper said on Friday.

The China Times, quoting an unnamed military official, said Taiwan has linked up its Hengshan Command Headquarters with the US Pacific Command, to communicate by phone any time of the day.

The US and China are also going to set up a similar hotline.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is an old issue. A Defense Telephone Link (DTL), or "hotline," between senior U.S. and Taiwan defense officials in Washington and Taipei was set up at least four years ago. Question is whether or not it's been used...