Opposition win may bring Taiwan closer to China
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The resurgence of pro-China opposition party, Kuomintang, which took a majority in Saturday's legislative elections, boosts its chances for the presidential vote in March.
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Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) Taiwan will absolutely not make enemies of the 1.3 billion people in mainland China, nor will it unilaterally change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, Cabinet spokesman Chen Chi-mai said Wednesday.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist  Party (KMT) soundly beat the ruling party in legislative  elections on Saturday, boosting its bid to retake the  presidency in March and auguring improved relations with China.
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Voters in Taiwan are set to elect MPs in a contest seen as a barometer for March's presidential election.
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Taiwan's main opposition party, which once ruled all of China, will mull a proposal to amend its charter to underline its commitment to the island as it competes for Taiwan-identity votes in upcoming elections.
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Opposition lawmakers from Taiwan visiting Beijing gathered on Monday to discuss charter flights between China and Taiwan over the Lunar New Year holidays, possibly the first direct flights in more than 50 years.
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China offered a measured response on  Wednesday to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's party suffering  an election setback over the weekend, but warned that his push  for formal independence would exacerbate tensions.
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Taiwan&#39;s High Court has rejected an opposition challenge that President Chen Shui-bian won March&#39;s presidential election unfairly.
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Voters in Taiwan were set to decide Saturday whether the ruling party and its pro-independence allies will win a majority in the legislature for the first time in Taiwan&#39;s history -- a change that could bring the island closer to a
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Taiwan&#39;s High Court is set to rule on Thursday on one of two opposition lawsuits contesting the March presidential poll that President Chen Shui-bian won by a narrow margin after an election eve assassination attempt.
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Taiwan and China have tentatively reached an agreement to let the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch pass through Taipei, which rejected the emblem in April for political reasons, an official said on Friday.
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Taiwan voted on Saturday in legislative  elections in which pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian  hopes to wrest control of parliament from an opposition that is  more conciliatory toward China.
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TAIPEI, July 7 -- President Chen Shui-bian, dismissing U.S. objections as appeasement of China, 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.
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Taiwan claimed a diplomatic victory over rival Beijing by establishing full relations with Vanuatu, a small Pacific nation that less than two months ago pledged its allegiance to mainland China.
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China offered a measured response on Wednesday to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's party suffering an election setback over the weekend, but warned that his push for formal independence would exacerbate tensions.
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TAIPEI -- Taiwanese voted yesterday not to give President Chen Shui-bian the legislative majority he had sought in a hard-fought campaign as reinforcement for his leadership and endorsement of his plans to edge the self-ruled island closer to independence.
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Taiwan's opposition nationalist Kuomintang (KMT), which favours closer ties with China, on Saturday declared a landslide victory in the island's parliamentary election.