Taiwan Votes for Parliament, Focus on China Ties
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Taiwan voters went to the polls to pick a new parliament on Saturday in an election viewed as a referendum on pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s policy toward arch-rival China.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist  Party (KMT) soundly beat the ruling party in legislative  elections on Saturday, boosting its bid to retake the  presidency in March and auguring improved relations with China.
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Taiwan opposition parties retained control of parliament in an election rebuke of President Chen Shui-bian and pro-independence policies that provoked 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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Taiwanese lawmakers on Friday failed to pass an opposition-backed motion that would have referred the recall of President Chen Shui-bian to the island's voters, providing the embattled leader new breathing room in his effort to stay in office.
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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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Taiwan voters went to the polls to pick  a new parliament on Saturday in an election viewed as a  referendum on pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian's  policy toward arch-rival China.
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Opposition lawmakers from Taiwan visiting Beijing gathered on Monday to discuss charter flights between China and Taiwan over the Lunar New Year holidays, possibly the first direct flights in more than 50 years.
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Taiwan's push for a seat in the UN has complicated cross-strait relations and rattled Washington.
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Taiwan's opposition nationalists, who favour closer ties with China, on Saturday won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, boosting their party's chances of regaining the presidency in March.
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Taiwan is considering applying to join the United Nations under the island&#39;s own name, a move that China would see as a provocative declaration of independence by a renegade province.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 15 -- After six years of hesitation, Taiwan's legislature voted Friday night to approve only a small portion of an $18 billion arms package suggested by the Bush administration as the best way to gird the self-ruled island against any attack by China.
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Vote counting began on Sunday after the  people of East Timor voted to choose a parliament that could  help the young, poor nation get back on track after the  euphoria of independence was shaken by communal bloodshed last  year.
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Taiwan's main opposition party, which once ruled all of China, will mull a proposal to amend its charter to underline its commitment to the island as it competes for Taiwan-identity votes in upcoming elections.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) thrashed the ruling DPP in legislative elections on Saturday, strengthening its bid to recapture the presidency in March and heralding better relations with China.
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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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Taiwan's Foreign Minister warned lawmakers on Wednesday that ties with Washington would be hurt if parliament failed to approve an &#36;18 billion budget to buy advanced U.S. weapons.