Senators hesitate on holding China vote
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A Senate vote this week on a  controversial bill threatening to impose steep tariffs on  Chinese exports to the United States was put into doubt on  Tuesday after the bill's authors said they were unsure whether  to press ahead with the vote.
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Key vote expected Friday, but many senators are barred from adding amendments.
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An effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on whether Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should stay on the job appeared to be fizzling out Wednesday. Republicans, calling the move a political stunt, promised to block an up-or-down vote on the measure and Democrats conceded there's not likely to be any vote whatsoever.
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Australian PM John Howard dismisses suggestions a security declaration with Japan could strain China ties.
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China had &quot;strong reservations&quot; about floating its yuan currency (CNY=: Quote, Profile, Research) , according to International Monetary Fund documents from July that were released on Friday.
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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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Hong Kong's democrats fell short  Monday of expectations in legislative elections after voters  wary of alienating China's communist rulers chose the stability  offered by the Beijing camp.
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The Senate on Thursday rebuffed a   call to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq this year as both   chambers of Congress engaged in high-stakes election-year   debates over the unpopular war.
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BEIJING, Dec. 29 -- China ruled Saturday that Hong Kong cannot choose its next chief executive through direct elections but held out hopes of a more democratic vote for the following election in 2017.
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Senate leaders said Tuesday they will hold off debating a repeal of the 2002 Iraq war authorization, possibly due to divisions that have emerged in the Democratic caucus over how to proceed on addressing the war in Iraq.
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The Senate rejected attempts Monday by its senior members to rein in some proposed national intelligence director's powers, responsibilities that some lawmakers said senators wanted to reserve for themselves.
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China has rejected calls from Hong Kong&#39;s pro-democracy lawmakers for a public referendum on whether local residents should be allowed full, direct democracy from 2007.
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Ports security legislation that most senators agree would make the country safer was stuck Tuesday in election-year politics as Republicans threatened to scrap it if Democrats forced in a wide range of provisions.
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China said on Monday a misunderstanding caused it to bar a top Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker from entering the mainland over the weekend.
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By Li Weitao  The long-awaited telecommunications law is unlikely to be submitted for voting at the National People's Congress (NPC), which will open next month, industry sources said.
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The Chinese government refrained on Monday from saying much about the results of Sunday's elections in Hong Kong, but the country's Communist leaders had reason to be pleased.
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Taiwan&#39;s pro-independence parties lost a hotly contested legislative election Saturday - a defeat that might reduce the risk of a conflict with China but also continue the political gridlock that has paralyzed one of Asia&#39;s youngest democracies.