Taiwan's Lee defends Tokyo war shrine visit
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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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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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TOKYO - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda on Tuesday complained about the media covering former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui&#39;s visit to Japan in defiance of the government&#39;s request that they play the visit down.
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Premier Yu Shyi-Kun hopes economic ties to the mainland will guarantee peace. If not, &quot;Taiwan has to have to ability to defend itself&quot;.
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China warned Japan not to allow former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit, calling him a threat to peace between Taiwan and the mainland.
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Taiwan&#39;s former president Lee Teng-hui on Saturday fired a defiant shot at China during a visit to Japan, urging Tokyo to take a harder line in an emotive row over a war shrine.
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The Chinese government again requests the Japanese government to correct its wrongdoing of permitting Lee Teng-Hui&#39;s tour to Japan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here Tuesday.
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With stubborn defiance, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected to visit a war shrine Tuesday on a sensitive anniversary, angering Asian neighbors one last time before stepping down.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signaled he will likely go to a controversial shrine on a sensitive war anniversary despite appeals from neighboring countries and rising public opposition.
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Japan plans to issue a visa for former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit this year, a government spokesman said Thursday, a decision that could further fray Tokyo's relations with China.
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Japan has issued tourist visas to Taiwan&#39;s former president, Lee Teng-hui, and his family, defying warnings from China which has demanded the decision be reversed.
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Japan has decided to issue a visa for former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit this year, a government spokesman said Thursday, a decision that could exacerbate tense relations with China.
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TOKYO: Japan issued a visa yesterday for former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui to visit for sightseeing, prompting another round of angry protests from China.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui  left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has  sparked furious protests from China.
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Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian said Tuesday he wanted an unconditional peace accord with China to end decades of hostility and defended his plans for a referendum on the island's UN membership bid.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, despised by Beijing for asserting the self-ruled island's sovereignty, paid his respects at a Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, despite China's objections.
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A former Taiwanese president visits the Yasukuni war shrine in Japan, despite objections by China.