Word: hui
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...crackdown, and have been battered by tussles over human rights, weapons sales, nuclear proliferation, Tibet, copyright violations and China's failed bid to join the World Trade Organization, which the U.S. opposed. On May 22 came a seismic jolt: the Clinton Administration gave permission to Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to visit his American alma mater, Cornell University. China was stunned. The U.S. does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country, and the Chinese perceived the O.K. for Lee's visit as a step in that direction...
...catch. The Chinese Foreign Ministry today suggested the two leaders might meet if the U.S. "honors its commitment on the question of Taiwan."As far as Beijing is concerned, Washington reneged on its promise to support "one China" when Clinton approved a U.S. visa for Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit Cornell last June. "For starters, this means no more trips to the U.S. for Lee," says deputy chief of correspondents Richard Hornik. "It also means no cabinet-level official visits to Taiwan. The Chinese government is very concerned about saving face on this issue. And the U.S. must...
...world superpower, China should try to resolve disputes by peaceful means, not by military threats," the opposition Democratic Progressive Party candidate said by telephone from the boat. Taiwan has perceived the tests, scheduled to run until Friday, as a show of anger over Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui's visit to the U.S. last month. As if on cue, Beijing's official Xinhua news agency today issued a strident editorial accusing Lee of using talk of democracy to disguise dictatorial ambitions...
...biggest controversy arose in May when President Clinton responded to Taiwan's congressional supporters and allowed Taiwan's President, Lee Teng-hui, to visit the U.S. Clinton's foreign-policy advisers were unanimously opposed to the visit, and the Chinese treated it as an abrogation of the fundamental tenet of U.S.-China relations--that there is "one China." Enraged, Beijing retaliated by pulling out its ambassador to the U.S. "We expected a reaction," says a State Department official, "but we were surprised by its ferocity...
...Nixon's historic 1972 trip to that country, and recognizes the People's Republic of China as the sole representative of the Chinese people. Making matters worse, Fischer says, was President Clinton's decision to grant a visa in May for a private visit by Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, which "provoked a diplomatic crisis between the two countries that Harry Wu's detention only intensified." Sectretary of State Warren Christopher told Fischer that the latest message from China -- a demand that Washington reaffirm the Nixon policy and ban further official Taiwanese visits -- was a message of possible reconciliation...