Taiwan rejected in high-profile bid to join U.N.
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The United Nations again blocked  Taiwan&#39;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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Taiwan has launched a fresh bid for membership of the United Nations, a presidential aide said Friday, but the move met with an immediate riposte from China.
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Taiwan pledged Thursday to press on with its diplomatic battle for a seat at the United Nations after the world body turned down its 15th bid for membership amid opposition from China.
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China has rejected Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s call for dialogue and peace talks. President Chen made the overture during a much-publicized National Day speech in Taipei on Sunday.
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China hailed the United Nations' standard rejection of Taiwan's membership bid on Thursday, saying the self-ruled island was an inseparable part of "one China".
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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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The UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, rejects Iran's request for help in building a heavy-water nuclear reactor.
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Taiwan on Saturday accused China of preventing Taipei from being an active member of the international community after Beijing resumed its seat at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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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 is considering applying to join  the United Nations under the island's own name, a move that  China would see as a provocative declaration of independence by  a renegade province.
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China on Tuesday branded Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian a "schemer" after the United Nations rejected Taiwan's bid to join the world body, a state news agency reported.
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Beijing, Sept 16 (PTI) China today urged Taiwan to accept Chinese sovereignty after Beijing foiled the 12th successive attempt of the cash-rich island to rejoin the United Nations.
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About 250,000 people demonstrated in two  Taiwan cities on Saturday to back the island&#39;s doomed efforts  at securing United Nations membership, a move condemned by  rival Beijing and rejected by ally Washington.
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The UN again rejects a membership bid from Taiwan as the general assembly begins in New York.
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Taiwan is to push ahead with plans for a referendum on joining the United Nations under its own name despite U.S. and Chinese objections, a ruling party official said on Wednesday.
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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.
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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - More than 100,000 Taiwanese rallied yesterday to demand the United Nations accept the island as a member, the most important step yet in the government-orchestrated campaign to emphasize its separation from mainland China.