Taiwan offers to cut troops by 100,000
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Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian Wednesday offered to cut the island&#39;s troops by 100,000 to ease military tensions with mainland China.
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Taiwanese lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly agreed to slash in half the 225-seat legislature and revamp the election system &#151; sweeping historic changes designed to tackle corruption and weed out misbehaving legislators.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian says he plans to make a key announcement that he hopes will improve the island&#39;s relations with China.
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A new special report by China on its defence forces shows the countryâs military modernisation is targeted at rival Taiwan, the Taiwanese Defence Ministry claimed today.
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Beijing, Sept 16 (PTI) China today urged Taiwan to accept Chinese sovereignty after Beijing foiled the 12th successive attempt of the cash-rich island to rejoin the United Nations.
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China demanded Friday the United States scrap a planned sale of hundreds of missiles to Taiwan, warning the deal would harm regional stability and bilateral ties.
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China, home to the world&#39;s largest standing army, said Monday it would modernize its military to better face down threats from an independence-minded Taiwan and increased global uncertainty.
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President George W. Bush will on Monday announce the withdrawal of up to 100,000 US troops from Europe and Asia as part of a major defense reorganization, officials said.
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Taiwan called off a Sept. 9 military exercise Tuesday, citing the cancellation of wargames by mainland China. Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, speaking on a charter flight to Hawaii as he started a trip
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It must be said that the admission comes at quite a dramatic time. The US commitment to South Korean defense is suspected to be weakening as Washington plans to pull out a third of its 37,000 troops here as part of its global arms redeployment.
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Taiwan and China agreed Saturday to temporarily lift Taiwan's five-decade ban on direct flights between the two rivals &#151; a deal that could reduce tension in one of Asia's most dangerous flash points.
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WASHINGTON -- The State Department welcomed yesterday steps by China and Taiwan to ease tensions by curtailing long-planned military exercises. Taiwan canceled a major live-fire military exercise shortly after Beijing reportedly called off massive war games near Taiwan. &quot;We welcome and encourage all these steps that are being taken by Taiwan and the People's Republic of China to reduce tensions,&quot; ...
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One day after President Bush announced a limited drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq by next summer, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that it might be possible to reduce U.S. forces there further over the course of next year, down to approximately 100,000 troops by the end of 2008.
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Poland's 2,400-member contingent will be cut to 1,700 from mid-February, with 700 soldiers remaining on standby in Poland, Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski told a news conference.
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Taiwan has condemned a plan by China to draft an anti-secession law, describing it as a move to establish a legal basis to attack the island.
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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan  - A dark-green army truck zips   through the hilly countryside in southern Taiwan before   disappearing behind the high walls of an unmarked military base   -- the largest of Singapore's three army camps in Taiwan.
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China&#39;s military will crush any major moves towards independence by Taiwan no matter what the cost, said a government policy paper that accused Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.