Will we go to war over Taiwan?
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Australia may not want to go to war with China, but it could get dragged in by the US, writes Robert Ayson.
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China's military will crush any major  moves toward independence by Taiwan no matter what the cost,  said a government policy paper released Monday that accused  Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.
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&quot;Chen Shui-bian, the Taiwanese president, has this week launched a diplomatic offensive to improve the island&#39;s uneasy relations with the Chinese mainland.
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Singapore will not support Taiwan if China attacks the island in retaliation for any push for independence, Singapore&#39;s new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday, as tensions simmer on the Taiwan strait.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan is holding key elections that could increase tensions even further with mainland China. President Chen Shui-bian has urged voters to make history on Saturday by giving his party and
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, sparked quite an argument last week with his comments in Beijing about whether Australia would side with the United States in any war over Taiwan.
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Bee Staff Writer. Today, Carl Lai, a plant scientist from Sacramento, will vote in Taipei on the future of Taiwan, along with roughly 4,000 other Taiwanese from California.
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Singapore&#39;s new Prime Minister, in his first policy speech since taking office, has warned of the dangers of war if Taiwan makes a miscalculation in its relations with 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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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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XIAMEN, China  - When Huang Xu was a young soldier in an artillery unit on the Chinese coast in the late 1980s, war with Taiwan always seemed imminent.
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The statement by US Secretary of State Colin Powell that &quot;[Taiwan] does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation,&quot; and his call for a peaceful unification between Taiwan and China have stirred up heavy political crossfire in Taipei.
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BusinessWeek Online - When it comes to the balance of power in East Asia, American strategic planners have had one particular nightmare: If the Chinese military could acquire sophisticated defense hardware and military systems from the European Union, Beijing could get a substantial assist in a possible confrontation with Taiwan. So last December, when European leaders announced they would seek to end a 15-year ban on weapons sales to China, Washington was quick to voice its displeasure. Pentagon officials talked darkly about restricting European access to sensitive U.S. ...
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The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on United Nations membership, while China urged Washington to help block the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
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China has issued a national defence policy to crush &quot;the vicious rise&quot; of Taiwan independence forces at its core. It is the first time such a policy has been issued since President Hu Jintao became military chief.
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Beijing, Oct 13 (PTI) China today rejected as &quot;grave provocation&quot; the peace overtures of Taiwan President Chen Shui Bian, saying Taipei must acknowledge Chinese soverignity over the island as a pre-condition for dialogue.
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China has stepped up its war of words with Taiwan, accusing the island&#39;s premier of &quot;clamouring for war&quot;. A senior Chinese official said recent comments about missiles by Premier Yu Shyi-kun were &quot;a serious provocation&quot;.