Chen rejects Alaska, refuels in UAE

CHANGE OF PLAN The president unexpectedly decided to decline the offer to make a transit stop in Anchorage and instead landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

By Ko Shu-ling, Chang Yun-ping and Nadia Tsao / STAFF REPORTERS IN TAIPEI AND WASHINGTON

"China's behavior makes us realize that the economic forum held by the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] and the Chinese Nationalist Party [KMT] and the communiques signed by the CCP and former KMT chairman Lien Chan (連戰) and People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) are bogus," he said.

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