China typhoon aid offer puts Taiwan in dilemma

China typhoon aid offer puts Taiwan in dilemma: "

TAIPEI, Aug 20 — Warming cross-strait ties have made it easier for the US and other countries to offer aid to typhoon-ravaged Taiwan, but the shadow cast by China continues to loom over the island, analysts said.

When news broke that US military helicopters were coming to reinforce rescue efforts after Typhoon Morakot battered Taiwan, it offered a ray of hope for residents whose villages were flattened.

However, another aid offer was quietly rejected: helicopters from China.

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