Taiwan says won't host torch, decision final
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Taiwan said on Friday the Olympic torch would not pass through the island on its route to the Beijing Games in 2008 because officials could not reach a deal with China, despite six months of talks.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has  called off annual war games as a goodwill gesture after  arch-foe China canceled its military drills, Taiwan officials  said on Tuesday.
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Taiwan said Wednesday that it planned to go ahead with a referendum next year on joining the United Nations under its own name, despite a warning from key ally Washington not to do so.
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A key General Assembly committee rejected Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations on Wednesday, the 15th straight year the island has been thwarted in its attempt to become a member of the world body.
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The statement by US Secretary of State Colin Powell that &quot;[Taiwan] does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation,&quot; and his call for a peaceful unification between Taiwan and China have stirred up heavy political crossfire in Taipei.
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The Olympic torch will not stop in Taiwan, because Taipei and Beijing have failed to resolve differences over the issue.
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Taiwan is to push ahead with plans for a referendum on joining the United Nations under its own name despite U.S. and Chinese objections, a ruling party official said on Wednesday.
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Taiwanese lawmakers on Friday failed to pass an opposition-backed motion that would have referred the recall of President Chen Shui-bian to the island's voters, providing the embattled leader new breathing room in his effort to stay in office.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has asked the military to call off annual war games in a goodwill gesture aimed at mirroring China's cancellation of its military drills, newspapers said on Tuesday.
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China has rebuffed suggestions by US Secretary of State Colin Powell that it consider accepting the Taiwanese President&#39;s offer of talks to reduce cross-strait tension.
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China&#39;s state-run media has rejected calls from the Taiwanese president for peace talks with Beijing. The China Daily newspaper said Chen Shui-bian&#39;s idea was &quot;too insincere and vague to be treated seriously&quot;.
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TAIPEI: Taiwan will not accept Chinaâs âone country, two systemsâ political model when the mainland has failed to give Hong Kong and Macau high degrees of autonomy under the system.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has called off annual military exercises in a goodwill gesture after China canceled its drills, Taiwan officials said on Tuesday.
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China has withdrawn 3,000 soldiers from a military exercise on an island facing Taiwan, prompting speculation that Beijing may have cancelled its annual war games, the Taiwan defence ministry says.
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Taiwan protested on Tuesday against some unchoreographed steps by folk dancers from China, which claims the island as its own, after they snatched a Taiwan flag from an Israeli stage.
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China has kept quiet on Taiwan's recent  outbreak of street protests calling for the ouster of  independence-leaning President Chen Shui-bian because it fears  any strong reaction might backfire, analysts say.
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China rejected an overture from Taiwan for talks on direct charter flights and stepped up accusations that President Chen Shui-bian is plotting to declare the island&#39;s independence.