China Accuses Taiwan of Provoking War with Missile Threat
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China lashed out at Taiwan after the island&#39;s prime minister said it would defend itself by firing missiles at Shanghai in the event of an attack by China.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s push for independence is exacerbating tensions with China, a Chinese government spokesman said on Wednesday in the first official reaction to Chen&#39;s party suffering a weekend election setback.
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China denounced Taiwan's latest talk of independence as "deliberate provocation" and "a dangerous step" that does not take into account consequences for territory Beijing claims as its own.
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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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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 may have the technology to mass produce mid-range missiles capable of striking Shanghai in two years, a lawmaker said, adding teeth to Premier Yu Shyi-kun&#39;s warning that the island will retaliate if China attacks.
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China has stepped up its war of words with Taiwan, accusing the island&#39;s premier of &quot;clamouring for war&quot;. A senior Chinese official said recent comments about missiles by Premier Yu Shyi-kun were &quot;a serious provocation&quot;.
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Security analysts say that Beijing's newly-proven ability to shoot down satellites could upend the balance of power in the Taiwan strait
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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 condemned a massive rally organized by Taiwan's president calling for the island's membership in the United Nations, warning Sunday that Beijing was now preparing for a "serious situation."
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China has test-fired a cruise missile that is reported to be capable of precision strikes on Taiwan and beyond. The defense journal Jane&#39;s Missiles and Rockets says the Donghai-10 or East China Sea 10 missile
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China blasted Taiwan President Chen   Shui-bian on Wednesday for a plan to change the constitution   and rename the island, moves Beijing would consider a formal   declaration of independence of territory it claims as its own.
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After a meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell, China&#39;s top diplomat accused the United States on Thursday of endangering peace in the Taiwan Straits by selling weapons to Taiwan.
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China demanded Friday the United States scrap a planned sale of hundreds of missiles to Taiwan, warning the deal would harm regional stability and bilateral ties.
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China accused Taiwan Premier Yu  Shyi-kun on Wednesday of clamoring for war with threats to fire  missiles at Shanghai if the People's Liberation Army (PLA)  attacks the self-ruled island.
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In an escalating war of words, China  denounced Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun on Wednesday for  threatening to fire missiles at Shanghai if the People's  Liberation Army (PLA) attacks the self-ruled island.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on  Tuesday China now had 1,328 ballistic missiles aimed at the  self-ruled island, up by more than a third from a previous  estimate, further threatening stability in the Taiwan Strait.