Taiwan says China forming legal basis to attack
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Taiwan has condemned a plan by China to draft an anti-secession law, describing it as a move to establish a legal basis to attack the island.
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China is determined and has the ability  to crush any attempt by Taiwan to declare independence,  Communist Party chief Hu Jintao said on Sunday amid tensions  with the self-ruled island over which Beijing claims  sovereignty.
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Taiwan has launched a fresh bid for membership of the United Nations, a presidential aide said Friday, but the move met with an immediate riposte from China.
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TAIPEI - Taiwan is considering establishing a new defence system that could utilise weapons with offensive capabilities which would be employed only to deter a Chinese attack, Cabinet spokesman Chen Chi-mai said.
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Taiwan, over the strong protests of China, is seeking to buy more than $400 million worth of missiles and parts from the United States to bolster its air defenses.
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China announced Friday it intends to enact a law against secession from the country, a move that analysts said could legally bind the Communist Party leadership to follow
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China&#39;s legislature has indicated that it is preparing to enact a law against secession, possibly mandating military action if Taiwan declares independence.
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China&#39;s legislature has started discussing a proposed &quot;anti-secession law&quot; aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring formal independence.
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Taiwan Defense Minister Lee Jye said on  Thursday that China could have as many as 800 ballistic  missiles poised to strike the island in an intensive  bombardment by 2006, but said Taipei had no intention of  starting a war.
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China is to introduce legislation  against secession, state media reported on Friday, a move  analysts have said is aimed at mandating eventual reunification  with rival Taiwan.
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TAIPEI - China is likely to have 800 ballistic missiles targeting Taiwan before the end of 2006, Taipei&#39;s defence minister said yesterday as he pressed the case for an US$18-billion ($30.
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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 is determined and has the ability to crush any attempt by Taiwan to declare independence, Communist Party chief Hu Jintao said yesterday amid tensions with the self-ruled island over which Beijing claims sovereignty.
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China's legislature began deliberating a proposed "anti-secession law" aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring formal independence, the Xinhua news agency said.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 15 -- After six years of hesitation, Taiwan's legislature voted Friday night to approve only a small portion of an $18 billion arms package suggested by the Bush administration as the best way to gird the self-ruled island against any attack by China.
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China has sounded a fresh warning to self-ruled Taiwan over a planned referendum on its bid to join the United Nations, saying such a move by an island it considers sovereign territory would endanger regional peace.
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Taipei, Dec. 18 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Saturday are as follows: @The China Times: China to enact anti-secession law.