Taiwan's Chen sees independence in his lifetime
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on Tuesday he believes the island can achieve official independence from China during his lifetime, though not likely before he leaves office next year.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has defended his island&#39;s sovereignty after US Secretary of State Colin Powell made clear that Washington did not consider the self-ruled, democratic island an independent state.
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Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui reiterated that the island is independent of China and slammed Beijing about its criticism of his visit to a Tokyo war shrine as he wrapped up a visit to Japan on Saturday.
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Rough waters lie ahead for Taiwan in 2005, as President Chen Shui-bian seems determined to use his second term in office to extricate the island from its unstable and delusory connection to China.
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Taiwan's president plans to make a key announcement, hoping to improve relations with China.
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Taiwan has a high level of consensus on the nation&#39;s independent and sovereign status. According to a survey published by the Taiwan Thinktank on Nov. 8 about the public&#39;s expectations
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President Chen Shui-bian made unusually strong pro-independence remarks Sunday in a message apparently aimed at provoking rival China and shoring up his base.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. BEIJING, China -- Crushing &quot;the vicious rise&quot; of Taiwan independence was put firmly at the core of a new national
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XIAMEN, China  - When Huang Xu was a young soldier in an artillery unit on the Chinese coast in the late 1980s, war with Taiwan always seemed imminent.
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TAIPEI - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian urged his people yesterday not to lower their guard against China because Beijing is writing a reunification law that will codify its threats to attack the island.
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China is determined and has the ability to crush any attempt by Taiwan to declare independence, Communist Party chief Hu Jintao said on Sunday amid tensions with the self-ruled island over which Beijing claims sovereignty.
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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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TAIPEI, Feb. 2 -- Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian inaugurated a runway on one of the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday and insisted the archipelago belongs to Taiwan despite claims by China and several other Asian countries.
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China is on high alert for moves toward  independence by Taiwan as the island's president, Chen  Shui-bian, speeds up his efforts to split Taiwan from the  motherland, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
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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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BEIJING/TAIPEI  - China slammed Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's intensified talk of independence on Monday, saying anyone who sought a split from China would be a "criminal in history."
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BEIJING,  - A secession law being drafted by China could provide the legal basis for using force against Taiwan, but it is unlikely to include a clear deadline for when reunification must take place, analysts said.