China welcomes U.S. opposition to Taiwan U.N. bid
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China welcomed U.S. pressure on Taiwan to drop its plan for a referendum on membership of the United Nations, saying the island's attempts to assert nationhood were doomed to failure.
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Taiwan&#39;s president has called for peace talks with its arch-enemy, China, in a national day speech hailed by the US as constructive.
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The United States stressed on Thursday  that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N.  membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the  vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
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The United States supports a one-China policy and opposes Taiwan's referendum to join the United Nations as provocative, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.
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Washington, Oct. 10 (CNA) The US State Department expressed welcome Sunday to President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s peace overture to Beijing spelled out in his Oct. 10 National Day speech calling for a reopening of cross-strait dialogue.
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An international forum including China and Russia expressed support Saturday for an Asian to be the next head of the United Nations.
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China rejected on Wednesday Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s call to resume dialogue with Taipei, saying Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s overtures
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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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Several Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have pledged to support Taiwan in its bid to join the United Nations, officials said Thursday.
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The gesture comes as the Bush administration is weighing whether to sponsor a resolution criticizing China's human rights record at a U.N. meeting next month.
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Taiwan accused the United States of a breach of trust after US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Beijing voiced support for cross-straits reunification.
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Taiwan&#39;s opposition Nationalist Party supporters celebrate in front of party headquarters in Taipei after the party and its allies won legislative elections, December 11, 2004.
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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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An Iranian envoy on Wednesday said he had received Chinese support in Tehran&#39;s diplomatic campaign to block Washington from having the dispute over Iran&#39;s nuclear program referred to the UN Security Council.
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Taiwanese opposition lawmakers cruised the streets in trucks Sunday, thanking voters for their upset victory in an election expected to calm U.S. fears that the island was headed toward a conflict with rival China.
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China defended its growing military prowess on Monday, saying it did not threaten the United States, and again urged Washington not to sell weapons to Taiwan.
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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.