China seeks to isolate Taiwan's president

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: April 26, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Joseph Kahn
International Herald Tribune
04-26-2005
As Taiwan's two leading opposition figures begin consecutive visits to China over the next two weeks, the point of the exercise for both sides will be to advance a running campaign to isolate the island's vigorous independence movement.The first of these visits is to begin Tuesday with the arrival of Lien Chan, chairman of the Nationalist Party, for an eight-day stay. The Kuomintang, as the party is known, has long opposed the Communist government in Beijing but shares with it a desire to reduce the influence of Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's ...

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