China warns Taiwan of "heavy cost" for U.N. vote
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China raised the pressure on Taiwan a month ahead of its referendum on U.N. membership, warning authorities there that they were courting danger and may have to pay a heavy cost.
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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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TAIPEI: 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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By Richard McGregor in Shanghai and Caroline Gluck in Taipei. China said yesterday its armed forces had a &quot;sacred responsibility&quot; to crush moves towards independence by Taiwan, whatever the cost, and described relations with the island as &quot;grim&quot;.
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China offered a measured response on  Wednesday to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's party suffering  an election setback over the weekend, but warned that his push  for formal independence would exacerbate tensions.
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Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian has reiterated his pledges to push for a new constitution and United Nations membership, moves that are likely to anger China.
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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&#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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Taiwan will proceed with a planned referendum on rejoining the United Nations under its own name, an official said Wednesday, despite strong objections to the move from China and the United States.
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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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Taiwan said China&#39;s proposed anti- secession bill, aimed at setting up a framework for retaliation if the island declares independence, will escalate tensions and urged the rest of the world to lobby against its passage.
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Armed conflict will be unavoidable if  Taiwan keeps provoking China and pushing for independence, one  of Beijing's top Taiwan policymakers said on Monday, but he  spelt out a condition for reopening dialogue.
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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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Taiwan will hold two referendums next month on joining the UN, the island's election commission says.
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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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TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 7 -- President Chen Shui-bian 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, dismissing U.S. objections as appeasement of China.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said in Beijing early Thursday that facts have shown Taiwan, as part of China, is not qualified at all to join in the United Nations which is made up of sovereign countries.