Former Taiwan leader&#39;s plan to visit Japan angers China
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An aging politician&#39;s desire to visit his alma mater has turned into a diplomatic confrontation between Japan and China, adding one more irritant to an already strained relationship between Asia&#39;s biggest powers.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s push for independence is exacerbating tensions with China, a Chinese government spokesman said on Wednesday in the first official reaction to Chen&#39;s party suffering a weekend election setback.
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Chinese state media are lashing out at Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian, saying his party&#39;s loss in recent legislative elections is no guarantee that he will stop pushing his pro-independence agenda.
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Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Dawei has called in Japan&#39;s ambassador to express China&#39;s strong opposition to Tokyo&#39;s decision to issue a visa to former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, state TV reports.
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China strongly demanded Japan immediately repeal its decision to issue a visa to former Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui, warning that if Tokyo allows the visit it will harm bilateral relations.
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China blasted Taiwan President Chen   Shui-bian on Wednesday for a plan to change the constitution   and rename the island, moves Beijing would consider a formal   declaration of independence of territory it claims as its own.
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Japan has issued tourist visas to Taiwan&#39;s former president, Lee Teng-hui, and his family, defying warnings from China which has demanded the decision be reversed.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui  left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has  sparked furious protests from China.
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Drawing Beijing&#39;s ire, the government made clear Thursday it intends to issue a tourist visa for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui.
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President Chen Shui-bian said Thursday the name 'Taiwan' would soon replace 'China' on the island's stamps, a move likely to anger Beijing.
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Japan said Monday that it would issue a visa as scheduled for Lee Teng-hui, the former Taiwan president, to visit for sightseeing despite angry protests from China.
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Taiwan accused the United States of a breach of trust after US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Beijing voiced support for cross-straits reunification.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has sparked furious protests from China.
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China warned Japan not to allow former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit, calling him a threat to peace between Taiwan and the mainland.
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China on Saturday blasted planned meetings between Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and African allies this weekend.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, despised by Beijing for asserting the self-ruled island's sovereignty, paid his respects at Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, prompting a terse complaint from China.
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Taiwan condemned China'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.