51.   Its membership underlines the lengths to which it is willing to go to break the diplomatic isolation imposed on it by China.

52.   Last year, China staged war games and test-fired missiles to discourage moves by Taiwan to break out of Chinese-imposed diplomatic isolation.

53.   More serious is the impact of the diplomatic isolation on the rest of the EU.

54.   New Zealand has been providing modest amounts of food and financial aid to the reclusive communist nation as it emerges from years of diplomatic isolation.

55.   North Korea, gripped by severe food shortages and diplomatic isolation, sees a way out in striking major diplomatic deals with the United States.

56.   Premier Lien Chan plans to visit Europe in June in another move by Taiwan to break the diplomatic isolation imposed on the island by China, newspapers reported Sunday.

57.   Relations foundered after Lee visited the United States in June, defying the wall of diplomatic isolation imposed by China on Taiwan.

58.   President Bush also is pressuring Arafat to take steps to curb attacks on Israel, threatening sanctions that could include diplomatic isolation.

59.   Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres said any coalition with Haider would bring diplomatic isolation for Austria.

60.   Quickening its efforts to break out of diplomatic isolation, North Korea has opened ties with the Netherlands and agreed to relations with Turkey, officials said Tuesday.