China spurns Taiwan presidentâs peace overtures
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China spurned Taiwan President Chen Shui-bianâs peace overtures on Wednesday and said that his calls for easing tensions were false.
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China Tuesday urged the United States to halt all official contact with Taiwan and to stop selling arms to the island, but made no comment on Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's recent peace overtures.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian proposed  on Tuesday to define direct transport links with rival China as  cross-Strait routes, in a bid to bypass a longstanding  political dispute, but Beijing is likely to ignore him.
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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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China has rejected Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s call for dialogue and peace talks. President Chen made the overture during a much-publicized National Day speech in Taipei on Sunday.
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China said Wednesday that peace with Taiwan can only be ensured if the island&#39;s leaders agree to unify with the mainland, brushing off suggestions that recent election wins by the Taiwanese opposition might ease tensions.
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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 Monday that accused  Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.
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China&#39;s state-run media has rejected calls from the Taiwanese president for peace talks with Beijing. The China Daily newspaper said Chen Shui-bian&#39;s idea was &quot;too insincere and vague to be treated seriously&quot;.
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Beijing, Oct 13 (PTI) China today rejected as &quot;grave provocation&quot; the peace overtures of Taiwan President Chen Shui Bian, saying Taipei must acknowledge Chinese soverignity over the island as a pre-condition for dialogue.
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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's leader used his National Day speech Sunday to urge China to begin peace talks so the two rivals can avoid war. Chinese and Taiwanese leaders haven't met since the Communists took over China in 1949 and Taiwan began resisting the mainland's rule. China insists that Taiwan is a Chinese province and has threatened to attack if it refuses to unify eventually.
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Taiwan on Saturday accused China of preventing Taipei from being an active member of the international community after Beijing resumed its seat at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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In an escalating war of words, China denounced Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun on Wednesday for threatening to fire missiles at Shanghai if the People's Liberation Army (PLA) attacks the self-ruled island.
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China has kept quiet on Taiwan's recent  outbreak of street protests calling for the ouster of  independence-leaning President Chen Shui-bian because it fears  any strong reaction might backfire, analysts say.
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China&#39;s military will crush any major moves towards independence by Taiwan no matter what the cost, said a government policy paper that accused Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.
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China on Wednesday rejected Secretary of State Colin Powell's call to resume dialogue with Taiwan, saying Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's overtures were meaningless and no grounds existed for talks.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (é³æ°´æ) said yesterday a controversial arms deal was part of the government&#39;s attempts to deter any attempt by rival China to invade the island.