Grenada chooses China over Taiwan
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China re-establishes diplomatic ties with Grenada, forcing the Caribbean island to sever links with Taiwan.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 15 -- After six years of hesitation, Taiwan's legislature voted Friday night to approve only a small portion of an $18 billion arms package suggested by the Bush administration as the best way to gird the self-ruled island against any attack by China.
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China hailed the United Nations&#39;  standard rejection of Taiwan&#39;s membership bid on Thursday,  saying the self-ruled island was an inseparable part of &quot;one  China.&quot;
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 7 -- President Chen Shui-bian said Taiwan will press ahead with a controversial referendum on whether the self-ruled island should apply for U.N. membership under the name Taiwan, dismissing U.S. objections as appeasement of China.
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The nation has always been independent from China. Not for a single day has it been ruled by China. Twenty-three million Taiwanese -- 7.7 times the number of
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TAIPEI -- Taiwanese voted yesterday not to give President Chen Shui-bian the legislative majority he had sought in a hard-fought campaign as reinforcement for his leadership and endorsement of his plans to edge the self-ruled island closer to independence.
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China claimed victory Thursday in a diplomatic battle with rival Taiwan for relations with Vanuatu, saying the tiny Pacific island nation was withdrawing its recognition of the Taiwanese government in fa
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China is determined and has the ability to crush any attempt by Taiwan to declare independence, Communist Party chief Hu Jintao said on Sunday amid tensions with the self-ruled island over which Beijing claims sovereignty.
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PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE EDITOR&#39;S NOTE: The economies of the US and China are simply too intertwined for the United States to support Taiwanese calls for independence, writes PNS contributor George Koo, an international business consultant and frequent
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said in Beijing early Thursday that facts have shown Taiwan, as part of China, is not qualified at all to join in the United Nations which is made up of sovereign countries.
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The Caribbean island of Grenada took the full force of Hurricane Ivan when it was caught in the eye of the storm on Tuesday night.
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Taiwan makes it first bid for UN membership using its own name in a move dismissed by China.
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(Lake Wales, Fla.-WABC, September 10, 2004) - Hurricane Ivan is now on a collision course with Jamaica after blasting through Grenada and Barbados.
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Taiwan claimed a diplomatic victory over rival Beijing by establishing full relations with Vanuatu, a small Pacific nation that less than two months ago pledged its allegiance to mainland China.
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The Taiwanese cabinet is to hold a referendum on joining the United Nations under the name &quot;Taiwan,&quot; following a policy reversal on Thursday.
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Recent comments by President Chen Shui-bian on the sensitive issue of Taiwan&#39;s name revealed his intention to steer the island toward independence, a Chinese government spokesman said.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, sparked quite an argument last week with his comments in Beijing about whether Australia would side with the United States in any war over Taiwan.