Costa Rica breaks relations with Taiwan
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President Oscar Arias announced Wednesday that Costa Rica has broken diplomatic ties with Taiwan after nearly 60 years and established relations with China.
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BEIJING/TAIPEI  - Costa Rica, bowing to China's growing economic might, has switched allegiance to China from Taiwan in the latest blow for an island Beijing claims as its own and which now has only 24 allies left in the world.
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Taiwan seeks to shore up relations with its remaining allies after Costa Rica switches allegiance to China.
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Taiwan accused the United States of a breach of trust after US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Beijing voiced support for cross-straits reunification.
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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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An earthquake strikes Costa Rica during an Ibero-American summit killing at least four people.
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Direct commercial flights between historic foes China and Taiwan resume after 55 years.
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GENEVA The former president of Costa Rica, JosÃ© MarÃ­a Figueres, has resigned as director-general of the World Economic Forum, amid allegations implicating him in a Costa Rican corruption scandal involving Alcatel of France, the Forum said Friday.
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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's Foreign Minister Mark Chen left  on a trip to Grenada three days early in order to see what help  Taiwan could offer the Caribbean island devastated by a recent  hurricane, a Taiwan spokesman said on Sunday.
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Taiwan Foreign Minister Mark Chen left  on a trip to Grenada three days early to offer help to the  hurricane-devastated island, but will stop off on a private  visit to the United States, a Taiwan spokesman said on Sunday.
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Malawi announces that it is cutting diplomatic ties with Taiwan to focus on cementing relationship with China.
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SHANGHAI, China Dec 9, 2004 - China has banned a new computer game for referring to Taiwan and other regions claimed by China as separate countries.
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Several Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have pledged to support Taiwan in its bid to join the United Nations, officials said Thursday.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's party  suffered a surprise defeat on Saturday in elections likely to  be welcomed in Beijing as a step back from what it sees as  dangerous moves toward independence from mainland China.
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Costa Rica deported two men who tried to enter Costa Rica over the weekend using well-crafted false European documents and who officials fear may have had links to terrorists, the country's immigration director said Monday.
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Malawi has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 41 years and established links with China, Malawi's foreign minister said on Monday.