China quiet on Taiwan protests to avoid backlash
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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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Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian says China's leadership changes are  unlikely to signal a big policy shift.
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Tiananmen Square was quiet on Monday and China's media was silent on the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators that took place there 18 years ago to the day, but rights groups said it would not be forgotten.
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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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TAIPEI -- Taiwanese voted yesterday not to give President Chen Shui-bian the legislative majority he had sought in a hard-fought campaign as reinforcement for his leadership and endorsement of his plans to edge the self-ruled island closer to independence.
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China spurned Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's peace overtures Wednesday, accusing him of only paying lip service to easing tensions.
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Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian's  surprise defeat in Saturday's legislative elections looks  likely to soothe simmering tensions with rival China, but no  breakthrough in the bitter political impasse is expected soon.
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China's media responds cautiously to the election setback suffered by Taiwan's pro-independence DPP.
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Aung San Suu Kyi is a symbol of peaceful defiance in Burma, but she has been kept quiet as protests have escalated.
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There will be no fundamental change in Beijing&#39;s policy toward Taiwan after former China President Jiang Zemin&#39;s (æ±æ¾¤æ°) stepped down as the nation&#39;s military chief, political analysts said yesterday.
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The Chinese government refrained on Monday from saying much about the results of Sunday&#39;s elections in Hong Kong, but the country&#39;s Communist leaders had reason to be pleased.
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BEIJING -- Chinese officials yesterday rebuffed Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's suggestion that they use a possibly conciliatory speech by Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian to restart cross-straits discussions, telling him in strong terms that they are not impressed by Chen's words and are worried about his actions.
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Taiwan's president says he wants talks with China to reduce military tension and misunderstanding.
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China and Singapore on Monday  urged the international community to help calm Beijing's  dispute with Taiwan over its push for independence.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan  - Taiwan is getting jittery about a new push within the European Union to lift a 15-year Embargo on weapons sales to China - the communist giant that's been threatening to attack this tiny democratic island.
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BEIJING, Feb. 1 -- Two senior Chinese officials flew to Taiwan Tuesday to attend the funeral of a deceased Taiwanese leader, the latest in a series of conciliatory gestures from Beijing designed to lower tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
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Taiwanese opposition lawmakers cruised the streets in trucks Sunday, thanking voters for their upset victory in an election expected to calm U.S. fears that the island was headed toward a conflict with rival China.