111. Citing skepticism about the communist North, the Bush administration suspended talks earlier this year and said in June that it was ready to resume dialogue. 112. China responded by lobbing test missiles near Taiwan and suspending talks with the island. 113. China suspended talks with Taiwan after President Lee visited the United States last summer, angering Beijing. 114. China suspended talks with Taiwan after Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui visited the United States in June last year. 115. Communist rebels, then negotiating a truce with the Aquino government, suspended the talks to protest the killings. 116. China responded by suspending talks with Taiwan and testing missiles in seas north of Taiwan, causing a slump in investor confidence on the island. 117. China, which regards Taiwan as a breakaway province with no right to pursue foreign diplomacy, suspended semiofficial talks with Taiwan and held missile tests near the island. 118. Contacts between Israel and the Palestinians sputtered on with no progress reported, after Israel suspended the talks Tuesday and then quickly renewed them. 119. Contacts have been on ice since China suspended semi-official talks last June. 120. Committee member Samir Ghoshe said Palestinians were still considering suspending the talks unless Israel moved ahead with fulfilling its agreement. |