China Rules Out A-Bombs Against Taiwan.BEIJING Beijing (bā-jĭng) or Peking (pē-kĭng, pā–), city (1994 est. urban pop. 6,093,300; 1994 est. total pop. 7,240,700), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov. , Sept. 2--While Chinese Chinese, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages), which is also sometimes grouped with the Tai, or Thai, languages in a Sinitic subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan language stock. leaders repeated their resolve to reunite re·u·nite tr. & intr.v. re·u·nit·ed, re·u·nit·ing, re·u·nites To bring or come together again. reunite Verb [-niting, -nited , Taiwan to the mainland, by force if necessary, they promised not to use, nuclear weapons in the attempt. The pledge suggested a slight easing of tensions between China and Taiwan, an island off China's coast, where Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists took refuge Refuge See also Concealment. Adullam cave where David hid from Saul. [O. T.: I Samuel 22:1] Alsatia (white friars) London monastery; former refuge for lawless characters. [Br. Hist. after their defeat by the Communists in 1949. China has often threatened to use force to retake re·take tr.v. re·took , re·tak·en , re·tak·ing, re·takes 1. To take back or again. 2. To recapture. 3. To photograph, film, or record again. n. 1. Taiwan. The latest episode began when Taiwan's President Lee Tenghui said in July that China and Taiwan should deal with each other on a "state-to-state basis." China reacted angrily, saying that Taiwan was making a move toward independence. Although China and Taiwan have functioned as separate countries for decades, each has officially maintained that it is the sole legitimate government of all of China. To show its displeasure, China first conducted military exercises near Taiwan. Then it turned down the heat with its nuclear-weapons pledge, though it also stood by its threat to use force if Taiwan declared formal independence. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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