Chen's Taiwan Poll Loss Seen Easing China Strains
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Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian's  surprise defeat in Saturday's legislative elections looks  likely to soothe simmering tensions with rival China, but no  breakthrough in the bitter political impasse is expected soon.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist  Party (KMT) soundly beat the ruling party in legislative  elections on Saturday, boosting its bid to retake the  presidency in March and auguring improved relations with China.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said he  will make an important policy statement on relations with  arch-foe China in his National Day address on Oct. 10.
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Taiwan&#39;s key stock index fell modestly Wednesday after the island&#39;s top producer of made-to-order chips issued a gloomy outlook for the fourth quarter, indicating the technology sector could be in for tough times.
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China faces an intractable problem in  dealing with Taiwan's independence ambitions and is almost  certainly counting on Washington to rein in the island after  legislative elections this weekend, analysts in Beijing say.
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China offered a measured response on  Wednesday to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's party suffering  an election setback over the weekend, but warned that his push  for formal independence would exacerbate tensions.
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Taiwan&#39;s voters go to the polls on Saturday for parliamentary elections which could shape the way the island handles relations with China.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has resigned as chairman of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to take responsibility for an election setback.
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China welcomed U.S. pressure on Taiwan to drop its plan for a referendum on membership of the United Nations, saying the island's attempts to assert nationhood were doomed to failure.
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Tension has been simmering since Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s re-election in March. Chen said. sides set up a &quot;buffer zone&quot; to avoid accidental military conflict.
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OL NEW|TWN CHI|| ||| 2004-10-13 10:47:18 Taiwan&#39;s Chen calls for patience toward China TAIPEI (AFX) - President Chen Shui-bian said the people and government of Taiwan should have patience toward China even though it has so far
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) soundly beat the ruling party in legislative elections on Saturday, boosting its bid to retake the presidency in March and auguring improved relations with China.
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China&#39;s recent decision to cancel a military exercise, followed a few days later by a similar announcement from Taiwan, offered the first ray of hope in months that relations were on the mend.
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Taiwan voters went to the polls to pick a new parliament on Saturday in an election viewed as a referendum on pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s policy toward arch-rival China.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is under pressure to find ways to work with an opposition-dominated parliament after his party suffered a surprise setback in weekend legislative elections.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on Monday he will make an important policy statement in his National Day address on Oct. 10 that aims to soothe tense relations with arch-foe China.
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President George W. Bush and rival John Kerry have conveniently avoided public debate on Taiwan ahead of the November 2 presidential vote but analysts expect differences on the core issue in difficult US-China relations.