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| | Guardian | Taiwan tries to reassure China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian, has been trying to back away from confrontation with China - which has been angered by his call for a referendum on independence for the island - by saying his remarks were "oversimplified". |
 | | Chang Chun-hsiung, the secretary-general of Mr Chen's Democratic Progressive party, quoted Mr Chen as saying: "My comments were oversimplified and may have caused misunderstanding." |
 | | On Saturday, Mr Chen said a referendum was a "basic human right" and in reality there was "one country on each side" of the Taiwan Strait. |
| www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4477007-108142,00.html (195 words) |
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