China Pressures U.S. on Taiwan Vote
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BEIJING, Jan. 17 -- China demanded Thursday that the United States do more to prevent Taiwan from holding a controversial pro-independence referendum, but a senior U.S. official said Washington has already done all it can to get the vote called off.
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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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TAIPEI, July 7 -- President Chen Shui-bian, dismissing U.S. objections as appeasement of China, said Taiwan will press ahead with a controversial referendum on whether the self-ruled island should apply for U.N. membership under the name Taiwan.
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China called on U.S. lawmakers on Thursday to address issues such as the valuation of the yuan through a dialogue of equals instead of trying to put pressure on Beijing.
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Chinese officials Monday rebuffed Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's suggestion they use a possibly conciliatory speech by Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian to restart cross-straits discussions, telling him in strong terms that they are not impressed by Chen's words and are worried about his actions.
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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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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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Chinese President Hu Jintao called on the United States to work with China to check Taiwan independence forces and reduce growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
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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 urged the United States on  Thursday not to allow Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian to set  foot on U.S. soil, describing his stopovers en route to Latin  America as a trick to sabotage Sino-U.S. relations.
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The United States urged Taiwan to open direct transportation and business links with China despite lingering hostility across the strait.
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The United States, which sees China as a long-term strategic rival, has lobbied the EU against lifting the ban, citing a potential threat to Taiwan and to US interests in Asia.
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Taiwan will hold two separate votes on the island's U.N. membership bid on March 22, the same day as the presidential poll, an election commission official said Friday.
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China urges the United States to stop developing its military relations with Taiwan, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Tuesday.
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China pressed visiting Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on Saturday to reject a proposed sale of missiles to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own territory.
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Taiwan accused the United States of a breach of trust after US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Beijing voiced support for cross-straits reunification.
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China raised the pressure on Taiwan a month ahead of its referendum on U.N. membership, warning authorities there that they were courting danger and may have to pay a heavy cost.