Taiwanese leader urges Chinese peace talks
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Taiwan&#39;s President has used his National Day speech to urge China to begin peace talks so that the two rivals can avoid war. &quot;Because we can&#39;t communicate, there&#39;s a lot of misunderstanding,&quot; Chen Shui-bian said.
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China spurned Taiwan President Chen  Shui-bian's peace overtures Wednesday, accusing him of only  paying lip service to easing tensions.
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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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Taiwan's leader used his National Day speech Sunday to urge China to begin peace talks so the two rivals can avoid war. Chinese and Taiwanese leaders haven't met since the Communists took over China in 1949 and Taiwan began resisting the mainland's rule. China insists that Taiwan is a Chinese province and has threatened to attack if it refuses to unify eventually.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian on Friday stepped up rhetoric pushing for a referendum on seeking United Nations membership for the island under the name &quot;Taiwan,&quot; despite fresh warnings from Beijing and Washington.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian called on Sunday for arms control talks with China to defuse the dangerous build-up of military hardware on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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China spurned Taiwan President Chen  Shui-bian's peace overtures Wednesday, accusing him of merely  paying lip service to easing tensions between the two arch  foes.
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China said Wednesday that peace with Taiwan can only be ensured if the island&#39;s leaders agree to unify with the mainland, brushing off suggestions that recent election wins by the Taiwanese opposition might ease tensions.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian proposed  on Tuesday to define direct transport links with rival China as  cross-Strait routes, in a bid to bypass a longstanding  political dispute, but Beijing is likely to ignore him.
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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&#39;s recent peace overtures.
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In a careful and conciliatory move, Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian called for wide-ranging peace talks with China in a bid to adopt a system to prevent an outbreak of war in the Taiwan Strait.
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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 used his  National Day speech Sunday to call for peace talks with arch  foe China and urge adoption of a system to prevent an outbreak  of conflict in the narrow strait dividing them.
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Taiwan&#39;s leader used his National Day speech today to urge China to begin peace talks so the two rivals can avoid war. Chinese and Taiwanese leaders haven&#39;t met since
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China rejects the Taiwan leader's call for peace talks and warns against moves towards independence.
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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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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian called for wide-ranging peace talks with China to defuse the dangerous military build-up on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.