Chen Under Pressure to Work with Taiwan Opposition
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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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&quot;Chen Shui-bian, the Taiwanese president, has this week launched a diplomatic offensive to improve the island&#39;s uneasy relations with the Chinese mainland.
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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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A Chinese military expert has urged Taiwan's military to resist moves towards independence, pressing the island's soldiers to "join hands" with mainland forces to avoid possible war.
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Pro-independence parties are tipped to make gains in Taiwan's legislative elections this weekend and thereby anger China, already threatening to take military action if the island drifts further from Beijing.
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Taiwan opposition leaders have demanded President Chen Shui-bian provide evidence for his repeated allegations that military generals had plotted a "soft coup" in collaboration with rival China to cripple his government.
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TAIPEI, Jan. 12 -- The opposition Nationalist party scored an overwhelming victory in Taiwan's legislative elections Saturday in a repudiation of President Chen Shui-bian's confrontational drive to push this self-ruled island along the road toward formal independence.
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China has urged Washington to do more to constrain Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, whose moves towards independence have angered the mainland, and protested at Japan's move to allow a trip by Chen's predecessor, Lee Teng-hui.
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Despite political pressure and attempts from Beijing to bar first lady Wu Shu-chen ( å³æ·ç ) from heading the Taiwan delegation to the Paralympic Games in Athens, the Presidential Office
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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 President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s push for independence is exacerbating tensions with China, a Chinese government spokesman said on Wednesday in the first official reaction to Chen&#39;s party suffering a weekend election setback.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 9 -- Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Taiwan's capital Saturday demanding the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian, whose family members and close aides have been embroiled in a string of corruption scandals.
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Chinese officials Monday rebuffed Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's suggestion they use a possibly conciliatory speech by Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian to restart cross-straits discussions, telling him in strong terms that they are not impressed by Chen's words and are worried about his actions.
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China's military will crush any major  moves toward independence by Taiwan no matter what the cost,  said a government policy paper released on Monday that accused  Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s surprise defeat in Saturday&#39;s legislative elections looks likely to soothe simmering tensions with rival China, but no breakthrough
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BEIJING, Feb. 13 -- Ma Ying-jeou, leader of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party, was indicted on corruption charges Tuesday, seriously undermining his aspiration to become the self-ruled island's next president.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian  made his case for U.N. membership in an unusual satellite news  conference on Wednesday, saying his country was the victim of  "political apartheid" engineered by China.