China urges U.S. help in blocking Taiwan vote
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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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The United States has told China to get serious about relaxing the restraints on financial information providers in a letter that could represent a final warning before the U.S. asks the WTO to intervene in the matter, the Associated Press learned Wednesday.
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China offered a measured response on Wednesday to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s party suffering an election setback over the weekend, but warned that his push for formal independence would exacerbate tensions.
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China faces an intractable problem in  dealing with Taiwan's independence ambitions and is almost  certainly counting on Washington to rein in the island after  legislative elections this weekend, analysts in Beijing say.
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China summoned Japan&#39;s ambassador Wednesday to protest at Tokyo&#39;s issuance of a visa to Taiwan&#39;s former president Lee Teng-hui, warning that it must bear responsibility for the consequences.
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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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Beijing: US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed China on Monday to convince North Korea to return to stalled talks on its nuclear weapons programs and urged Beijing to take up a Taiwanese offer for dialogue.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is under pressure to find ways to work with an opposition-dominated parliament after his party suffered a surprise setback in weekend legislative elections.
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Supporters of a resolution that would impose limited sanctions on North Korea agreed to delay a vote in the hope that China can pressure Pyongyang to return to six-party talks on its nuclear program and halt missile tests, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Monday.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian called on Sunday for arms control talks with China to defuse the dangerous build-up of military hardware on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian on Friday stepped up rhetoric pushing for a referendum on seeking United Nations membership for the island under the name &quot;Taiwan,&quot; despite fresh warnings from Beijing and Washington.
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The U.S. textile industry petitioned the Bush administration on Tuesday for protection from what American companies fear will be a flood of Chinese products coming into this country when worldwide quotas are removed on Jan. 1.
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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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Beijing - American Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Chinese leaders to be &quot;open minded&quot; and resume dialogue with Taiwan on Monday, but Beijing remains suspicious of the island&#39;s president and opposes United States arms sales to Taipei.
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The United States on Sunday pushed China to apply more pressure on North Korea to end its missile tests and return to international nuclear disarmament talks. A top diplomat said the aim is to show that Kim Jong Il&#039;s government has &quot;no support in the world.&quot;
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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.
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China urged the United States on Thursday not to allow Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian to set foot on US soil, describing his stopovers en route to Latin America as a trick to sabotage Sino-US relations.