China urges U.S. help in blocking Taiwan vote
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The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on United Nations membership, while China urged Washington to help block the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
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China has appealed to the United States not to send the "wrong signal" after Washington said a handful of detained Uighurs being held at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay would not be returned to China.
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China and Singapore on Monday urged the international community to help calm Beijing&#39;s dispute with Taiwan over its push for independence.
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China rejected on Wednesday Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s call to resume dialogue with Taipei, saying Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s overtures
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Taiwan condemned China's plan to draft  an anti-secession law, describing it Saturday as a move to  establish a legal basis to attack the self-ruling, democratic  island that Beijing claims as a province.
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The United States and China held their first high-level talks on Beijing's proposed law aimed at preventing Taiwan from becoming independent.
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Chinese officials rebuffed Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's suggestion that they use a possibly conciliatory speech by Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian, to restart cross-strait discussions, telling him in strong terms Monday that they are not impressed by Chen's words and are worried about his actions.
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Taiwan said on Saturday it regretted U.S. comments criticizing the island's planned referendum on U.N. membership and hinted that Washington should not to give in to pressure from China on the matter.
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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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Beijing - American Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Chinese leaders to be &quot;open minded&quot; and resume dialogue with Taiwan on Monday, but Beijing remains suspicious of the island&#39;s president and opposes United States arms sales to Taipei.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian on Friday stepped up rhetoric pushing for a referendum on seeking United Nations membership for the island under the name &quot;Taiwan,&quot; despite fresh warnings from Beijing and Washington.
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China condemns the referendum as a step toward formal separation, and the United States has called it provocative and an unnecessary step that raises tension across the Taiwan Strait.
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The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N. membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
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China summoned Japan&#39;s ambassador Wednesday to protest at Tokyo&#39;s issuance of a visa to Taiwan&#39;s former president Lee Teng-hui, warning that it must bear responsibility for the consequences.
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Officials of the United States textile industry said that they would petition to block the expected flood of Chinese imports.
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The United Nations again blocked  Taiwan&#39;s quest for membership in the world body on Wednesday  despite a high-profile campaign this year by Taipei that has  irritated the United States as well as China.
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TAIPEI - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian urged his people yesterday not to lower their guard against China because Beijing is writing a reunification law that will codify its threats to attack the island.