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...policy, relaxing a long-standing ban on arms exports to allow sales to the U.S. of components related to the development of a joint missile-defense system. A day earlier, the Cabinet extended by a year Japan's humanitarian military mission in Iraq. Government Gridlock TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian suffered a setback as his independence-backing Democratic Progressive Party and its ally, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, failed to take control of the legislature. The Kuomintang-led opposition, which favors eventual reunification with China, retained a slim majority, winning 114 seats in the 225-member parliament. Chen was elected President...
...name wasn't on the ballot, but Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian was the big loser in the island's legislative election last Saturday. Candidates from Chen's independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party and its ally, the Taiwan Solidarity Union?known collectively as the "green" camp?won only 101 out of 225 seats in the fiercely fought contest. The winner: the "blue" Kuomintang- or KMT-led opposition, which favors eventual reunification with China, managed to retain a slim majority by securing 114 seats, just one more than it previously held. KMT chairman Lien Chan emerged from his office...
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-Bian is a politician who is not afraid to pick a fight, even with China. But last week, at a rally in Taoyuan county for this Saturday's legislative election, Chen was playing peacemaker. Dressed down in a blue shirt open at the collar and a beige vest splashed with party slogans in green Chinese characters, Chen asked the throng of several thousand to give his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) the majority in the legislature that it currently lacks. If he gets it, pledged Chen, he would push to resume talks with Beijing...
...China want to block North Korea from developing nuclear weapons, and China has been instrumental in keeping North Korea at six-party talks aimed at ending the country's nuclear weapons program. Beijing and Washington share a deep unease at moves by Taiwan's President, Chen Shui-bian, which they see as steering his island toward independence. Washington would like Taiwan and China to resume negotiations, but, for now, that seems unlikely. America will therefore have to continue its policy of "strategic ambiguity," which does not define the circumstances under which the U.S. would defend Taiwan against Chinese force...
...challenges in asia with which President George W. Bush will have to deal, none is so vexing?or so potentially catastrophic should it be handled badly?as the relationship between China and Taiwan. Beijing sees Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian, who was re-elected to a second four-year term in March, as a dangerous "splittist" who is determined to lead Taiwan to independence, something that China has made clear it will not tolerate. The U.S. is pledged to provide Taiwan with defensive weapons but has warned Chen against upsetting the status quo. Chen recently spoke with Time...