China to Introduce Anti-Secession Law, Eyes Taiwan
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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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Taiwan angrily denounced a proposed anti-secession law being considered in Beijing. Officials in Taipei say the new law could provide mainland China with a legal pretext for a military assault on Taiwan.
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Recent comments by President Chen Shui-bian on the sensitive issue of Taiwan's name revealed his intention to steer the island toward independence, a Chinese government spokesman said.
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TAIPEI President Chen Shui-bian promised voters a new constitution if his party wins control of Parliament in elections on Saturday that are seen as a referendum on his policy on relations with China.
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Taiwan condemned China's proposed  anti-secession law on Saturday, calling it a move to establish  a legal basis to attack the island.
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Taiwan condemned China's plan to draft  an anti-secession law, describing it Saturday as a move to  establish a legal basis to attack the self-ruling, democratic  island that Beijing claims as a province.
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Pro-independence parties are tipped to make gains in Taiwan's legislative elections this weekend and thereby anger China, already threatening to take military action if the island drifts further from Beijing.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian says he plans to make a key announcement that he hopes will improve the island&#39;s relations with China.
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China offered a measured response on Wednesday to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s party suffering an election setback over the weekend, but warned that his push for formal independence would exacerbate tensions.
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Recent comments by President Chen Shui-bian on the sensitive issue of Taiwan&#39;s name revealed his intention to steer the island toward independence, a Chinese government spokesman said.
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The people of Taiwan are voting to choose a new parliament in a ballot that could shape its future relations with China.
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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 President Chen Shui-bian set out for a landmark visit to the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday to assert a territorial claim in a move likely to upset China, Vietnam and other nations.
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TAIPEI - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian urged his people yesterday not to lower their guard against China because Beijing is writing a reunification law that will codify its threats to attack the island.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said he  will make an important policy statement on relations with  arch-foe China in his National Day address on Oct. 10.
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Taiwan is considering applying to join the United Nations under the island's own name, a move that China would see as a provocative declaration of independence by a renegade province.
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China faces an intractable problem in  dealing with Taiwan's independence ambitions and is almost  certainly counting on Washington to rein in the island after  legislative elections this weekend, analysts in Beijing say.