Taiwan rankled by China litter washing up on beaches
412294
KINMEN, Taiwan  - It's been decades since artillery shells landed on this strategic frontline island at the height of the China-Taiwan civil war, but now a new battle rages as garbage from the Chinese mainland washes up on Kinmen's shore.
86367
Taiwan condemned China&#39;s plan to draft an anti-secession law, describing it Saturday as a move to establish a legal basis to attack the self-ruling, democratic island that Beijing claims as a province.
10320
President Chen Shui-bian said Thursday the name 'Taiwan' would soon replace 'China' on the island's stamps, a move likely to anger Beijing.
109884
XIAMEN, China  - Dirty, polluted, and congested -- China's large cities have an unenviable poor reputation.
641520
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Official Urges Legislature To Hold Governments Accountable for Pollution" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
287507
Taiwan's pro-independence parties were defeated in legislative elections Saturday, a result sure to please Chinese leaders who regard the island as part of the mainland.
687632
By Brian Skoloff  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Cigarettes are still the biggest trash problem on the world's beaches, according to a group that picks them up.
611583
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka -- As far as the eye can see in this northern coastal town, shards of brick, asbestos roofing, and glass from destroyed houses litter a once-pristine beach. Uprooted trees, strewn with shreds of clothing ripped off people's bodies as the water engulfed them, lie half-buried in the sand.
418958
Taiwan is considering applying to join the United Nations under the island&#39;s own name, a move that China would see as a provocative declaration of independence by a renegade province.
182853
By Richard McGregor in Shanghai and Caroline Gluck in Taipei. China said yesterday its armed forces had a &quot;sacred responsibility&quot; to crush moves towards independence by Taiwan, whatever the cost, and described relations with the island as &quot;grim&quot;.
366209
Typhoon Haima will continue to dump heavy rain on Taiwan until tomorrow, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday. &quot;Taiwan is currently under the influence of the outer bands of Typhoon Haima, which is bringing
360417
Taiwan voted on Saturday in legislative  elections in which pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian  hopes to wrest control of parliament from an opposition that is  more conciliatory toward China.
571709
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian set out for a landmark visit to the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday to assert a territorial claim in a move likely to upset China, Vietnam and other nations.
422779
China hailed the United Nations&#39;  standard rejection of Taiwan&#39;s membership bid on Thursday,  saying the self-ruled island was an inseparable part of &quot;one  China.&quot;
136860
As urbanites demand better air and water, China's countryside is increasingly becoming a dumping ground.
158500
A Kyoto-Protocol project is providing the garbage-strewn areas of the so-called island paradise with clean energy. But Indonesia needs more projects like this
763378
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's capital has a new most-wanted list, but those being hunted aren't murderers, rapists or thieves. They're litterbugs...