Taiwan says China ships challenge US defence line
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Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun accused arch-foe China of sending surveillance ships into Taiwan and Japanese waters to prepare for a possible confrontation with the United States, newspapers said today.
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Taiwan's prime minister defends a controversial set of history textbooks which have angered China.
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China's military buildup could tilt the strategic balance with Taiwan and also threaten US forces in Asia, CIA director Porter Goss warned.
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Taiwan said on Saturday it regretted  U.S. comments criticizing the island's planned referendum on  U.N. membership and hinted that Washington should not to give  in to pressure from China on the matter.
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China on Wednesday accused Taiwan  Premier Yu Shyi-kun of clamoring for war with threats to fire  missiles at Shanghai if the People's Liberation Army (PLA)  attacks the self-ruled island.
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Taiwan's military is desperately trying to whip up public support for a plan to spend billions on a huge U.S. weapons deal it says is essential to fending off a Chinese attack.
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BEIJING/TAIPEI  - China's military will crush any  major moves toward independence by Taiwan, a Beijing government  policy paper said on Monday, prompting the self-governing  island to accuse Beijing of escalating tensions.
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China pressed visiting Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on Saturday to reject a proposed sale of missiles to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own territory.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A proposed $18.2 billion purchase of U.S. weapons by Taiwan has bogged down in the island's hard-fought electoral politics despite repeated warnings from the Bush administration that the new arms are imperative to bolster defenses against China.
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The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N. membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
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Taiwan, over the strong protests of China, is seeking to buy more than $400 million worth of missiles and parts from the United States to bolster its air defenses.
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Taiwan condemned China&#39;s proposed anti-secession law on Saturday, calling it a move to establish a legal basis to attack the island.
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Taiwan played down on Thursday remarks  by a senior U.S. official who described the island as the  biggest land mine in Sino-U.S. ties and said Washington was not  required to come to Taiwan's defense if attacked by China.
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American officials claim 'serious provocation' from Iranian vessels at sea
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China accuses Taiwan of "serious provocation" after the island's premier said it should be allowed offensive missiles.
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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.
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Taiwan test-fired a cruise missile capable of hitting Chinese territory last month, a newspaper reports.