Chen's Taiwan Poll Loss Seen Easing China Strains
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The pro-independence party of Taiwan  President Chen Shui-bian suffered a surprise defeat in weekend  legislative elections that could ease tensions with China but  paralyze government on the democratic island.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan is holding key elections that could increase tensions even further with mainland China. President Chen Shui-bian has urged voters to make history on Saturday by giving his party and
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's push  for independence is exacerbating tensions with China, a Chinese  government spokesman said on Wednesday in the first official  reaction to Chen's party suffering a weekend election setback.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on  Monday he will make an important policy statement in his  National Day address on Oct. 10 that aims to soothe tense  relations with arch-foe China.
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Chinese state media are lashing out at Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian, saying his party&#39;s loss in recent legislative elections is no guarantee that he will stop pushing his pro-independence agenda.
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Taiwan says it regrets the United Nations&#39; decision not to consider allowing the island a seat in the world body. Taiwan&#39;s foiled bid is seen as another victory in China&#39;s efforts to diplomatically isolate the self-governed island.
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After an upset victory by the anti-independence camp in Taiwan&#39;s legislative elections on Saturday, Beijing is likely to conclude that its efforts to make war seem imminent
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Voters in Taiwan were set to decide Saturday whether the ruling party and its pro-independence allies will win a majority in the legislature for the first time in Taiwan&#39;s history -- a change that could bring the island closer to a
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Taipei, Oct. 10 (NNN): Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has said he is ready for talks with communist China on defusing military tension between the two countries.
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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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Taiwan&#39;s pro-independence parties suffered an upset defeat in legislative elections Saturday, a result sure to please Chinese leaders who regard the island as part of the mainland.
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Taiwan voters went to the polls to pick a new parliament on Saturday in an election viewed as a referendum on pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s policy toward arch-rival China.
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Taiwan's opposition nationalists, who favour closer ties with China, on Saturday won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, boosting their party's chances of regaining the presidency in March.
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By the Liberty Times editorial. On Wednesday China&#39;s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) made its first reaction to the results of Taiwan&#39;s legislative elections.
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Taiwan's ruling party appoints Frank Hsieh as its new chairman, after its heavy loss in legislative polls.
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China faces an intractable problem in dealing with Taiwan&#39;s independence ambitions and is almost certainly counting on Washington to rein in the island after legislative elections this weekend, analysts in Beijing say.
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Taiwan's high court cleared presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou of corruption-related charges on Friday, lifting further the chances of a frontrunner who has pledged to improve the economy and mend fences with China.