The proposal also calls for a "pre-negotiations phase in which Iran would simply agree to refrain from expanding its current uranium-enrichment operations, in exchange for the West holding off on further sanctions against Tehran, " Time reported.

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He says that many in Taiwan will conclude that Beijing, with its current blandishments, is simply in a "good-cop" phase and will revert to being a "bad cop" sooner or later.

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