91. Caribbean leaders accused economically powerful nations of unfairly targeting the islands as money laundering havens. 92. Charles spent four days in the Indian Ocean island as the chief guest at its golden jubilee independence anniversary celebrations. 93. China claims the island as a breakaway province, and demands that countries seeking diplomatic ties with it first sever formal relations with Taiwan. 94. China claims the island as a renegade province, and its threat to use force if necessary to bring it back prompts Taiwan to allocate huge defense budgets. 95. China claims the island as its territory and fears that Washington is impeding unification by providing arms to Taiwan. 96. China regards the island as a renegade province with no right of self-government. 97. China regards the island as a renegade province. 98. China regards the self-governing island as part of its territory. 99. China sees the island as a renegade province to be reunited by military force if necessary. 100. Chinese exercises are watched closely on Taiwan because Beijing views the island as a rebel province to be retaken by force if necessary. |