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/ 22 March 2008

Taiwan’s KMT declares victory in poll

Taiwan’s opposition Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, Ma Ying-jeou, has won more than half the vote in Saturday’s election, the party said, auguring improved ties with diplomatic rival China. Ma had won more than seven million votes, the party said, more than half the total 13-million people who cast their ballot.

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/ 4 March 2008

China says defence budget to rise, warns Taiwan

China will raise its heavily scrutinised defence spending by nearly a fifth this year, a top official said on Tuesday, warning self-ruled Taiwan that Beijing would ”tolerate no division”. Jiang Enzhu, spokesperson for China’s National People’s Congress, or Parliament, stressed that China adhered to a path of peaceful development.

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/ 15 September 2007

Shanghai holds air-raid drill with eye on Taiwan

Shanghai, a city which Taiwan has threatened to bombard in the event of conflict, held a major air raid drill on Saturday, a sign that China still views war as possible with the self-ruled island it claims as its own. The drill was scheduled for the same day as a rally in Taiwan where the ruling party aimed to mobilise one million people to support Taiwan’s bid for United Nations membership.

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/ 8 September 2007

China blasts planned Taiwan-Africa meetings

China blasted planned meetings between Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian and African allies this weekend. Chen was scheduled on Sunday to meet leaders from Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Malawi, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Swaziland — an apparent attempt to cut into rival China’s growing influence in the region.

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