Ex-Taiwan leader: We're independent
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Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui reiterated that the island is independent of China and slammed Beijing about its criticism of his visit to a Tokyo war shrine as he wrapped up a visit to Japan on Saturday.
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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 yesterday amid tensions with the self-ruled island over which Beijing claims sovereignty.
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TAIPEI : Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu called for a &quot;legal battle&quot; on Saturday against rival China which is considering a new law against seccession that analysts say is aimed at preventing Taipei from formally declaring independence.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 11 -- Taiwanese voted Saturday 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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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's push  for independence is exacerbating tensions with China, a Chinese  government spokesman said on Wednesday in the first official  reaction to Chen's party suffering a weekend election setback.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to reunify the mainland with the island of Taiwan, vowing to contain forces intent on independence for the island to ensure the sacred goal of national unity.
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BEIJING, July 21 -- Brushing aside warnings from the Bush administration, the Taiwanese government of President Chen Shui-bian announced Friday that it has applied for U.N. membership under the name Taiwan.
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Singapore&#39;s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has warned Taiwan against moving toward independence, saying he supports the &quot;one China&quot; policy.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell has angered Taiwanese officials and lawmakers by making unusually strong comments denying that the island is an independent nation and suggesting Taiwan should unify with China.
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Taiwan&#39;s leader said Saturday that the island has bounced back from a global slowdown and should post economic growth of 5.87 percent this year - the best rate in four years.
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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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A former Taiwanese president visits the Yasukuni war shrine in Japan, despite objections by China.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui has strongly defended his visit to a Tokyo war shrine that had angered Beijing and clouded Sino-Japanese ties, and repeated his view that the self-ruled island was independent.
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âLee Teng-hui is the chief representative of Taiwan independence forces in Taiwan. In the international community, heâs entirely a troublemaker,â Wu was quoted as saying.
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Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday refuted US criticism that his plans for a referendum on joining the United Nations are provocative.
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui landed here Monday evening for a weeklong trip that has triggered strong protests from China.
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Taiwan is considering applying to join the United Nations under the island&#39;s own name, a move that China would see as a provocative declaration of independence by a renegade province.