China deliberates secession law
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CHINA&#39;S legislature on Saturday began deliberating a proposed âanti-secession lawâ aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring formal independence, the Xinhua news agency said.
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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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The announcement sent China, the U.S. and its allies to debate whether diplomatic efforts could be resuscitated.
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China faces calls to reassess its suppression of the 1989 student protests after purged leader Zhao Ziyang dies.
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The Chinese government's claims of support for legal reform and human rights, and an influx of information about Western legal concepts, have fueled public demands for a more independent judiciary.
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BEIWU, China  - Ethnic rivalries have sparked  recent violent clashes in China, where the government has its  hands full trying to control a country of 1.3 billion people as  economic differences bubble into unrest with growing frequency.
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China will consider adopting measures  to protect its interests and those of its trading partners once  global textile quotas are scrapped at the end of this month, a  government spokesman said on Friday.
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Chinese lawmakers are set to pass legislation this week that would limit foreign acquisitions in China on national security grounds.
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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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China plans to enact an anti-secession law, the government said Friday, in a move apparently aimed at promoting Beijing's campaign to pressure Taiwan into uniting with the mainland.
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The Standing Committee of the National People&#39;s Congress adopts draft anti-secession legislation. Congress is scheduled to discuss it in March.
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Taiwan condemned China&#39;s proposed anti-secession law on Saturday, calling it a move to establish a legal basis to attack the island.
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China has invited some &quot;moderate&quot; pro-democracy legislators from Hong Kong to attend National Day celebrations in Beijing, a move seen by the territory's democrats as an attempt to sow divisions in their midst, lawmakers said.
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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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Two prominent Chinese advocates of expanding the rule of law are at odds over whether to work for change within the system, or seek an end to Communist rule.
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China will consider adopting measures to protect its interests and those of its trading partners once global textile quotas are scrapped at the end of this month, a government spokesman said on Friday.
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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.