China Accuses U.S. of Pushing Taiwan Independence

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Mon May-31-04 08:17 AM
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China Accuses U.S. of Pushing Taiwan Independence

China accused the United States of damaging relations across the Taiwan Strait by encouraging independence seekers and repeated its threat to use force to seize the island if it drags its feet on reunification.

Xinhua news agency said on Sunday that President Bush had reiterated his commitment to Beijing's "one China" policy in a telephone call with Chinese President and Communist Party boss Hu Jintao.

But in a separate commentary, it blamed the United States for the deteriorating relations between China and Taiwan.

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