Taiwan proposes fresh start on unity
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan, in a conciliatory gesture aimed at China's newly consolidated leadership, proposed a fresh start yesterday on long-suspended talks to improve relations and lower tension across the Taiwan Strait.
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Tension has been simmering since Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s re-election in March. Chen said. sides set up a &quot;buffer zone&quot; to avoid accidental military conflict.
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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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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 leader Chen Shui-bian&#39;s clear recognition of the agreement reached by the two sides of the Taiwan Straits in Hong Kong in 1992 could directly lead to the resumption of cross-Straits dialogue and negotiations.
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Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian said Tuesday he wanted an unconditional peace accord with China to end decades of hostility and defended his plans for a referendum on the island's UN membership bid.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said  Sunday he was open to any form of political relations with  China and called for talks with his arch-foe based on a 1992  understanding over interpretation of the "one China" principle.
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China submitted a draft law on Saturday  it says is aimed at peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but  which the island's residents and the United States fear could  ratchet up tensions across the Strait.
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TAIPEI - Taiwan is considering establishing a new defence system that could utilise weapons with offensive capabilities which would be employed only to deter a Chinese attack, Cabinet spokesman Chen Chi-mai said.
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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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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to  reunify the mainland with the island of Taiwan, vowing to  contain forces intent on independence for the island to ensure  the sacred goal of national unity.
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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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The governing Democratic Progressive Party is ready to cede some power and resources to other parties for the sake of national unity, President Chen Shui-bian (é³æ°´æ) said yesterday.
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TAIPEI President Chen Shui-bian called Sunday for the opening of peace talks with mainland China in a conciliatory overture after President Hu Jintao&#39;s consolidation of power last month in Beijing.
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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 is ready to meet China&#39;s demands for resumption of cross-Strait charter flights, paving way for direct transport links disrupted by more than 50 years of dispute over sovereignty.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to reunify the mainland with the island of Taiwan, vowing to contain forces intent on independence for the island to ensure the sacred goal of national unity.