UNACCEPTABLE IDEA: The president said an economic partnership such as the ones Beijing has signed with Hong Kong and Macau would be demeaning to Taiwan
By Huang Tai-lin
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday rejected the idea of signing a Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) with China, saying it would be "unacceptable" to sign such an agreement as it would downgrade the nation's status to that of Hong Kong and Macau.

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BEIJING MEET: The KMT and CCP leaders agreed on a five-point plan, based on the so-called `1992 consensus,' for further negotiations and opposing Taiwan's independence
By Caroline Hong
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) met with Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) for more than two hours in Beijing yesterday and agreed to a five-point "vision for cross-strait peace" based on the so-called "1992 consensus."

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DISCLOSURE: Joseph Wu attacked the KMT's chairman for denigrating Taiwan while in Beijing and asked him to fully explain what he said to the Chinese president
By Melody Chen
The Mainland Affairs Council yesterday said Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan's (連戰) meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) was "disappointing and regrettable" and cautioned that the KMT might have broken the law in negotiating with the Chinese authorities on issues that only the government is authorized to deal with.

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Japan's foreign ministry issued a new warning for its citizens traveling to China over the May Day holiday week that kicked off yesterday due to concerns that more anti-Japanese demonstrations could turn violent.

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