Grenada picks China over Taiwan
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China re-establishes diplomatic ties with Grenada, forcing the Caribbean island to sever links with Taiwan.
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China blasted Taiwan President Chen   Shui-bian on Wednesday for a plan to change the constitution, a   move Beijing would consider a formal declaration of   independence of a self-ruled island it claims as its own.
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Taipei, Dec. 28 (CNA) Taiwan is the prime motivator behind the military buildup in mainland China, an official of the Ministry of National Defense maintained Tuesday.
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Opposition MPs from Taiwan say China has agreed to direct flights to and from the island at Chinese New Year.
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TAIPEI : Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has pledged to push for the island&#39;s inclusion in the United Nations under the name of &quot;Taiwan,&quot; in a move certain to anger rival China, it was reported on Monday.
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China is determined and has the ability to crush any attempt by Taiwan to declare independence, Communist Party chief Hu Jintao said on Sunday amid tensions with the self-ruled island over which Beijing claims sovereignty.
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Taiwan&#39;s voters go to the polls on Saturday for parliamentary elections which could shape the way the island handles relations with China.
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Taiwan claimed a diplomatic victory over rival Beijing by establishing full relations with Vanuatu, a small Pacific nation that less than two months ago pledged its allegiance to mainland China.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. BEIJING, China -- Crushing &quot;the vicious rise&quot; of Taiwan independence was put firmly at the core of a new national
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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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Recent comments by President Chen Shui-bian on the sensitive issue of Taiwan&#39;s name revealed his intention to steer the island toward independence, a Chinese government spokesman said.
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The vote, which could shape the way the island handles relations with China, was the first since Mr Chen narrowly won the presidency in March.
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Hurricane Ivan hurtled toward Jamaica Thursday after devastating the Caribbean island of Grenada, where up to 24 people died, and killing nine others in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Tobago.
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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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Several Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have pledged to support Taiwan in its bid to join the United Nations, officials said Thursday.
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French President Jacques Chirac said on Saturday tension between China and Taiwan was worsening and backed Beijing's "one country, two systems" formula for recovering the self governed island.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 8 -- The news came as a shock to many Taiwanese. After 63 years as a faithful ally of this self-ruled island, Costa Rica was switching diplomatic relations to mainland China, acknowledging that money was the big lure.