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But Beijing sees the island as a breakaway province which should be reunified with the mainland, by force if necessary.
BBC: Taiwan court rejects Chen Shui-bian corruption appeal
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Taiwan, which China considers a breakaway province, has urged both sides to deal with the matter "peacefully and with wisdom".
CNN: Asia steers neutral course on U.S.-China standoff
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Beijing considers the island a breakaway province that is part of China.
CNN: U.S. and China: When giants meet
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Furthermore, the crisis over Hong Kong's anti-subversion bill is undermining China's attempts to convince Taiwan (which it regards as a breakaway province) that it would retain its freedoms if it rejoined the motherland.
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Moscow's forces moved in a day later to assist the breakaway province.
NPR: Sarkozy: Russia, Georgia Agree To Cease-Fire Plan
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In Jakarta, Mr Surayud said the peace process under way in Indonesia's breakaway Aceh province would serve as a model.
ECONOMIST: Thailand
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Moreover, I thought you were unnecessarily cynical about the election of a breakaway faction of the Tigers in the Eastern Province.
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Serbia has rejected a European Union-brokered deal on normalising ties with its breakaway province of Kosovo.
BBC: Serbia rejects EU-brokered deal on Kosovo
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Russia and Georgia fought a five-day war in August 2008 over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia -- the first time Russia sent troops abroad to fight since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
CNN: NATO, Russia to resume military relationship
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They've been taking actions with regard to the breakaway province of Abkhazia, which I think are designed almost to provoke a reaction from Georgia.
NPR: Role of U.S. Changing in New World Order
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Russia fought a four-day war with Georgia after it tried to retake the Moscow-backed breakaway province of South Ossetia on 7 August, following days of clashes with separatists.
BBC: UN split over Georgia resolutions