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...Both the U.S. and 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...
...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...
...TIME: What sort of conversation would you like to have with Chinese President Hu Jintao? Chen: First of all, I would like to congratulate him on taking over full leadership in China. Of course, we hope that the new leadership would make new contributions to democracy in China, to peace across the Taiwan Strait and to regional stability. We understand that the Chinese Communist Party and its basic policy toward Taiwan will not undergo any changes in the short term, and we dare not have unrealistic expectations. We do hope, however, that Hu Jintao will come up with new thinking...
...TIME: What are your concrete proposals for reducing tensions across the Strait? Chen: From my inaugural speech of May 2000 through my National Day address [on Oct. 10], I think we have extended more than 30 olive branches. We will take whatever actions are needed to improve cross-strait relations and to ensure permanent peace across the strait. Even though the other side of the strait has never responded with goodwill over four-plus years, we are not giving...
...TIME: Beijing's reaction to your olive branches has not been very encouraging. Chen: The U.S. government has told me in private that they welcome my National Day speech and they think of it as very constructive and creative. At the same time, the U.S. government told me how China would react to my olive branches. They asked me to be patient. There is still an opportunity there...