Taiwan poll to shape China ties
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The people of Taiwan are voting to choose a new parliament in a ballot that could shape its future relations with China.
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China offered a measured response on  Wednesday to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's party suffering  an election setback over the weekend, but warned that his push  for formal independence would exacerbate tensions.
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Taiwan's opposition was basking in the support it garnered at parliamentary elections for its pledges to improve relations with China and remove fears of a cross-strait war.
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Bee Staff Writer. Today, Carl Lai, a plant scientist from Sacramento, will vote in Taipei on the future of Taiwan, along with roughly 4,000 other Taiwanese from California.
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Taiwan is to push ahead with plans for a referendum on joining the United Nations under its own name despite U.S. and Chinese objections, a ruling party official said on Wednesday.
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Voters in Taiwan begin voting to elect MPs in a contest seen as a barometer for March's presidential election.
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TAIPEI President Chen Shui-bian promised voters a new constitution if his party wins control of Parliament in elections on Saturday that are seen as a referendum on his policy on relations with China.
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China has again aroused the attention of Taiwan and the rest of the world by announcing it will enact an &quot;anti-secession law.
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China appealed to Taiwan on Wednesday to allow direct flights to the mainland for the Lunar New Year, pushing for expanded travel ties that the self-ruled island worries would jeopardize its security.
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Taipei, Dec. 11 (CNA) Taiwan voters went to the polls Saturday to elect the nation&#39;s sixth Legislative Yuan, which is scheduled to open Feb. 1, 2005.
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China submitted a draft law on Saturday  it says is aimed at peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but  which the island's residents and the United States fear could  ratchet up tensions across the Strait.
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Taiwan votes on Saturday to choose a new parliament in a ballot that could shape its future relations with China.
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High-stakes elections are likely to reinforce President Chen Shui-bian's drive to bestow more trappings of independence on this self-governing island despite warnings from the Chinese government and the U.S.
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China agreed on Monday to direct  charter flights with Taiwan during the Lunar New Year holiday  in February, visiting opposition legislators from the island  said.
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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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Recent comments by President Chen Shui-bian on the sensitive issue of Taiwan's name revealed his intention to steer the island toward independence, a Chinese government spokesman said.
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A vote is due to be held in Taiwan on plans to halve the number of seats in the island's famously heated legislature.