Visa for Taiwan leader upsets China officials
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Japan issued a tourist visa yesterday for former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, prompting another round of angry protests from China.
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Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Dawei has called in Japan&#39;s ambassador to express China&#39;s strong opposition to Tokyo&#39;s decision to issue a visa to former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, state TV reports.
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Japan issues a tourist visa to former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, despite protests from China.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, despised by China for asserting the self-ruled island's sovereignty, arrived in Japan on Wednesday for a trip that has already sparked protest from Beijing.
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Taiwan's Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang held talks with President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia amid a diplomatic struggle with rival China.
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A spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Friday criticized Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian, for his recent suggestion that the word &quot;Taiwan&quot; is the best option for the short form of the &quot;Republic of China.
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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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Despite political pressure and attempts from Beijing to bar first lady Wu Shu-chen ( å³æ·ç ) from heading the Taiwan delegation to the Paralympic Games in Athens, the Presidential Office
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Beijing, Dec. 23 (PTI): China today summoned the Japanese Ambassador to the country to lodge a strong protest over Tokyos decision to &#39;disregard&#39; Beijing&#39;s plea not to grant a visit visa to Taiwans pro-independence leader Lee Teng-hui.
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A diplomatic gaffe marred Saturday's inauguration of a China-financed stadium on this Caribbean island when a band performed the national anthem of Chinese rival Taiwan.
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Japan plans to allow former Taiwan  President Lee Teng-hui to visit for a sightseeing tour, the  government said on Thursday, prompting an angry protest from  China at a time of already frosty ties.
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Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun accused arch-foe China of sending surveillance ships into Taiwan and Japanese waters to prepare for a possible confrontation with the United States, newspapers said today.
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TAIPEI  - In a move likely to anger China, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has vowed to push through a new constitution describing the island as an independent state and threatened to hold a referendum on Taiwan&#39;s future.
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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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BEIJING - China yesterday slammed Taiwanese Premier Yu Shyi-kun for threatening to fire missiles at Shanghai in the event of an attack by the mainland.
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WASHINGTON -- A former high-ranking State Department official who is one of the nation's leading experts on China passed documents to Taiwanese intelligence agents and has been charged with concealing a trip to Taiwan, court papers allege.
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China blasted Taiwan President Chen   Shui-bian on Wednesday for a plan to change the constitution   and rename the island, moves Beijing would consider a formal   declaration of independence of territory it claims as its own.