President of Taiwan makes call for peace talks with China
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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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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on Monday he will make an important policy statement in his National Day address on Oct. 10 that aims to soothe tense relations with arch-foe China.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 7 -- President Chen Shui-bian 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, dismissing U.S. objections as appeasement of China.
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Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian was accused Sunday of playing word games in his &quot;national day&quot; speech. Mainland researchers described his call for cross-Straits peace talks as &quot;more symbolic than substantial.
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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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Taiwan's president plans to make a key announcement, hoping to improve relations with China.
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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 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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China and Singapore on Monday  urged the international community to help calm Beijing's  dispute with Taiwan over its push for independence.
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Beijing, Oct 13 (PTI) China today rejected as &quot;grave provocation&quot; the peace overtures of Taiwan President Chen Shui Bian, saying Taipei must acknowledge Chinese soverignity over the island as a pre-condition for dialogue.
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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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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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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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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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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's President Chen Shui-bian has reiterated his pledges to push for a new constitution and United Nations membership, moves that are likely to anger China.
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China rejected Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s call for talks, saying he must first acknowledge that Taiwan and China are part of one country, the China Daily reported, citing government researchers it didn&#39;t identify.