China accuses Japan of conniving at &#39;Taiwan independence&#39;
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The Chinese government again requests the Japanese government to correct its wrongdoing of permitting Lee Teng-Hui&#39;s tour to Japan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here Tuesday.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sidestepped Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's invitation Tuesday to visit Japan, a sign ties between Asia's major powers remain bedeviled by a spat rooted in Japan's wartime history
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Japan plans to allow former Taiwan  President Lee Teng-hui to visit for a sightseeing tour, the  government said on Thursday, prompting an angry protest from  China at a time of already frosty ties.
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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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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui strongly defended his visit to a Tokyo war shrine that had angered Beijing and clouded Sino-Japanese ties, and repeated his view that the self-ruled island was independent.
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China allowed a brief protest outside the Japanese Embassy and sounded sirens in dozens of cities Saturday to mark the anniversary of Japan&#39;s
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An aging politician&#39;s desire to visit his alma mater has turned into a diplomatic confrontation between Japan and China, adding one more irritant to an already strained relationship between Asia&#39;s biggest powers.
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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 blasted Taiwan President Chen   Shui-bian on Wednesday for a plan to change the constitution   and rename the island, moves Beijing would consider a formal   declaration of independence of territory it claims as its own.
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Japan says it will file a protest with the Chinese government after one of its submarines intruded into Japanese territorial waters.
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China and Japan stand at a "new  starting point" in their relations following Japanese Prime  Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Beijing in October, Chinese  State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan said in remarks published on  Sunday.
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Beijing, Dec. 23 (PTI): China today summoned the Japanese Ambassador to the country to lodge a strong protest over Tokyos decision to &#39;disregard&#39; Beijing&#39;s plea not to grant a visit visa to Taiwans pro-independence leader Lee Teng-hui.
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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 on Monday that accused  Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.
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China on Friday expressed &quot;deep concern&quot; with Japan&#39;s overhaul of its defense policy. &quot;We are deeply concerned with the great changes of Japan&#39;s military defense strategy and
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Taiwan condemned China&#39;s proposed anti-secession law on Saturday, calling it a move to establish a legal basis to attack the island.
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Japan protested to China on Friday after concluding that a nuclear-powered submarine that intruded into its waters this week belonged to the Chinese navy.
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In a move that could further chill ties between the two Asian powers, an advisory panel to Japan's prime minister will say China should be described as a military threat in a defense review, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported on Wednesday.