Chen defends Taiwan&#39;s controversial arms package
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said Sunday a controversial arms deal was part of the government&#39;s attempts to deter any attempt by rival China to invade the island.
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Taiwan&#39;s foreign minister on Sunday denied allegations that the island sent money to former Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodriguez, who is being investigated for his role in a bribery scandal.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has pledged to push for the island's inclusion in the United Nations under the name of &quot;Taiwan,&quot; in a move certain to anger rival China, it was reported.
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Chen made the remarks yesterday when meeting a group of Canadian officials. The group was led by David Kilgour of Canada's Liberal Party, who is a member of the Canadian House of Commons.
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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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TAIPEI : Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu called for a &quot;legal battle&quot; on Saturday against rival China which is considering a new law against seccession that analysts say is aimed at preventing Taipei from formally declaring independence.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A proposed $18.2 billion purchase of U.S. weapons by Taiwan has bogged down in the island's hard-fought electoral politics despite repeated warnings from the Bush administration that the new arms are imperative to bolster defenses against China.
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Armed conflict may be unavoidable if  Taiwan keeps provoking China and pushing for independence, one  of Beijing's top Taiwan policy-makers said on Monday, but he  spelt out a condition for reopening dialogue.
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Taiwan is getting jittery about a new push within the European Union to lift a 15-year embargo on weapons sales to China &#151; the communist giant that's been threatening to attack this tiny democratic island.
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The repercussions of the strong comments made by US Secretary of State Colin Powell during his two-day visit to China denying that Taiwan is an independent nation have not ended.
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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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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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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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Taiwan's prime minister defends a controversial set of history textbooks which have angered China.
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TAIWAN&#39;S leader used his national day speech yesterday to urge China to begin talks to avoid war. &quot;Because we can&#39;t communicate, there&#39;s a lot of misunderstanding,&quot; President Chen Shui-bian said.
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BEIJING/TAIPEI  - China slammed Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's intensified talk of independence on Monday, saying anyone who sought a split from China would be a "criminal in history".
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Taiwan on Saturday hit back at Singapore for criticising its plan to go ahead with a referendum on joining the United Nations, calling it &quot;unacceptable&quot;.