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Chen has added fuel to this tinderbox by including a referendum with the election. He is asking voters to sanction a military buildup in response to China's deployment of missiles across the Taiwanese Strait. He has also said that if he wins, he will revise Taiwan's constitution, a step that Beijing fears could move Taiwan closer to formal independence. That is why Washington, seeking to cultivate relations with China, has taken a dim view of Chen's initiatives. President Bush warned him in December not to "make decisions unilaterally to change the status quo," implying that he should...
...China attacks the island of Quemoy, a base for about 100,000 Nationalist troops in the Taiwan Strait, in a bid to "liberate" Taiwan. The U.S. deploys the Seventh Fleet; the Chinese back...
...visit to the U.S. by President Lee prompts China to perform missile tests and military exercises in the Taiwan Strait just before the island's first presidential election by universal suffrage. Lee wins...
...President Chen defines the status quo as "one country on each side of the Taiwan Strait," sparking criticism from Beijing and his domestic opponents...
...Strait noted, however, that thefacebook.com offered some networking features worth exploring...