European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 5, 1995 world the stars and stripes Page 13 Tel Aviv Israel a a senior official said tuesday that Israel is providing China with aviation know How and would try to answer questions about re ports that . Technology was used in developing a chinese fighter Jet. David Lyric director general of Israel s defense ministry confirmed in an interview with the associated press and Apt that Israel sold China some technology on aircraft but said the defense contracts were very Small in magnitude Ivri a former air Force commander responded to published reports saying , officials had determined that Israel and China collaborated on developing and producing a new chinese fighter called the f-10. The reports said production would Start soon. According to the los Angeles times the plane will be based on the Lavi a joint Israel-. Fighter Jet project abandoned in 1987, and will incorporate Many of its technological innovations. _ the British Magazine flight International said Testate owned Israel aircraft industries International which designed the Lavi helped China s air Force develop the new plane under a 1992 contract. Ivri said the original Lavi technology was outdated. He suggested any  were israeli developments maybe there is some relation to it but maybe we developed some of the technology which perhaps people Are thinking is related to the Lavi he said Ivri said Israel was very sensitive to . Concerns about the unauthorized Transfer of . Technology which violates . Law and can be a basis for halting military cooperation. Israel receives More than $1.8 billion in military Aid annually. . And Israel officials had regular meetings and had discussed the China Issue before he said adding that Israel would try to answer any questions raised officially by the americans about the Lavi technology. China is a big country and it s very important for Israel to have this kind of relationship in said. We have All kinds of. Know How and Here and there some experts Are working Over there on All kinds of is  Ivri said Competition for defense contracts was fierce and suggested some israeli companies May not have clean  but he said specific complaints were needed. / of. V. We need to know what kind of accusations Are on the Agenda so we can first of All investigate and ques Tion and see what has been done Ivri said. A defense source who requested anonymity said twas possible private firms involved with the Lavi made sales through affiliates abroad and circumvented official israeli channels. """.". " initial checks however showed no state owned companies had sold . Components to China. Zeev Eytan a researcher at Tel Aviv University s Jaf fee Center for strategic studies said israeli companies experience in upgrading soviet aircraft in Romania and other countries made them an Ideal partner for China whose aircraft tend to be similar to those of the former soviet Union. The chinese probably would be interested in Israel s advanced avionics systems such As look Down radar bythe Elta company said Eytan a former top military intelligence officer. Look Down radar follows the con Tours of the ground Over which a plane is flying. N. Korea in Safe of famine reporter says Seoul South Korea a to eat and meat soup for just one meal is a new year s dream for Many North koreans says a reporter who secretly trav eled to the isolated communist country. Hunger cannot properly describe the extent of food shortage being faced by North koreans Lee Chan Sam wrote wednesday in the second of his 10-part series in South Korea s Joong Ang daily news. I could confirm with my own eyes the state of famine  Lee managing editor of the influential daily newspaper s Chicago Bureau says he went to North Korea in december disguised As a  Vendor. He was accompanied by a chinese woman he hired to act As his wife because a married couple would attract less attention. Lee an american citizen from South Korea said Many of the children he saw in North Korea were Small and malnourished with bloated stomachs and Skinny arms and legs. Food was not the Only necessity in Short Supply he said. Many people were without shoes having wrapped their feet with pieces of old cloth Lee wrote. Train windows were covered with Plas tic bags or were just empty holes As were the doors travellers carried their own food supplies with sacks of Corn Grain acorns and other goods kept close at All times to discourage theft. North koreans need permits to travel out of their City or county he said. 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