Taiwan vows to continue fight to join UN despite 12th failed bid
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Taiwan vowed to continue its fight to join the United Nations despite its 12th consecutive failure to gain a seat due to opposition from rival China.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 11 -- Taiwanese voted Saturday 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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TAIPEI, July 7 -- President Chen Shui-bian, dismissing U.S. objections as appeasement of China, said Taiwan will press ahead with a controversial referendum on whether the self-ruled island should apply for U.N. membership under the name Taiwan.
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Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday refuted US criticism that his plans for a referendum on joining the United Nations are provocative.
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Taiwan's president kicks off a nationwide torch relay to highlight the island's bid to join the United Nations.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has repeated that he has no intention of resigning following corruption allegations within the body.
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Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) Taiwan will absolutely not make enemies of the 1.3 billion people in mainland China, nor will it unilaterally change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, Cabinet spokesman Chen Chi-mai said Wednesday.
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Armed conflict will be unavoidable if Taiwan keeps provoking China and pushing for independence, one of Beijing&#39;s top Taiwan policymakers said on Monday
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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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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has pledged to push for the island's inclusion in the United Nations under the name of &quot;Taiwan,&quot; in a move certain to anger rival China, it was reported.
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Beijing insists that Taiwan will only be included in the 2008 Olympic torch relay under the terms of the written agreement reached with the island's Olympic Committee earlier this year.
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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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Taiwan's push for a seat in the UN has complicated cross-strait relations and rattled Washington.
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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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Beijing, Sept 29. (PTI): China today warned Taiwanese leaders against clamouring for a cross-Straits war and stressed that the island&#39;s bid for independence was doomed to failure.
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The United Nations again blocked Taiwan's quest for membership in the world body on Wednesday despite a high-profile campaign this year by Taipei that has irritated the United States as well as China.
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The Olympic torch will not stop in Taiwan en route to the Beijing Games in 2008, Taiwanese officials said on Friday after talks broke down with China which considers the self-ruled island its sovereign territory.