China Says Taiwan Separatist Push Exacerbates Tensions
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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 said yesterday that a proposed anti-secession law announced last week is aimed at promoting self-ruled Taiwan&#39;s unification with the mainland but rejected suggestions that it would lead to military action by Beijing.
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China has threatened to crush Taiwan at any cost if the island declares independence. The belligerent rhetoric is at the center of a new national defense policy.
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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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China has submitted a draft law it says is aimed at peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but which the island&#39;s residents and the United States fear could ratchet up tensions across the Strait.
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China plans to enact an anti-secession law, the government said Friday, in a move apparently aimed at promoting Beijing&#39;s campaign to pressure Taiwan into uniting with the mainland.
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Reviled by China as a "splittist" fit only for the "dustbin of history", former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui has shaken up the island's political scene by distancing himself from the pro-independence camp, analysts say.
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Chinese lawmakers began considering a proposed anti-secession law today that Beijing says is aimed at pushing Taiwan to unite with the mainland and which the self-ruled island contends could serve as a pretext for a military attack.
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China on Wednesday accused Taiwan &quot;Premier&quot; Yu Shyi-kun of clamoring for war with threats to fire missiles at Shanghai if the People&#39;s Liberation Army (PLA) attacks the island.
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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's military will crush any major  moves toward independence by Taiwan no matter what the cost,  said a government policy paper released Monday that accused  Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.
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China has condemned as war provoking Taiwan&#39;s prime minister&#39;s threat to retaliate if Beijing launched missile attacks against the island.
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China rejected an overture from Taiwan for talks on direct charter flights and stepped up accusations that President Chen Shui-bian is plotting to declare the island&#39;s independence.
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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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Secretary of State Colin Powell has angered Taiwanese officials and lawmakers by making unusually strong comments denying that the island is an independent nation and suggesting Taiwan should unify with China.
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China on Saturday blasted planned meetings between Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and African allies this weekend.
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By Richard McGregor in Shanghai and Caroline Gluck in Taipei. China said yesterday its armed forces had a &quot;sacred responsibility&quot; to crush moves towards independence by Taiwan, whatever the cost, and described relations with the island as &quot;grim&quot;.