China pledges friendship with Taiwan amid tensions over U.S. bill

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Saturday, 3 March 2018 (13 hours ago)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China wants to deepen friendship with Taiwan, the ruling Communist Party's fourth-ranked leader said on Saturday, a day after state media warned China could go to war over Taiwan if a U.S. bill promoting closer ties with the island becomes law.

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Tensions with Taiwan were played down at Saturday's opening sesion of the advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing. It comes the day after state media warned that China could go to war over Taiwan if a US bill promoting closer ties with the island becomes law....

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