11.   Instead, they recognize Beijing as the legal government of all China, which covers this nationalist island.

12.   It is the fourth round of major maneuvers near the nationalist island since July.

13.   It launched war games and fired test missiles near the nationalist island during its presidential election last March and has repeatedly threatened to invade if Taiwan goes it alone.

14.   A radical Taiwan independence party on Saturday strung up Tibetan flags outside the airport here to welcome the Dalai Lama on his first visit to the nationalist island.

15.   A Taiwanese man this week hijacked an airliner on the nationalist island to the mainland.

16.   AIT represents US interests on the nationalist island.

17.   An official Chinese commentary has accused Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui of attempting to provoke and coerce the nationalist island into following a separatist path.

18.   Although the United States recognizes Beijing rather than its longtime rival Taipei as the sole government of China, it continues to sell military equipment to the nationalist island.

19.   As a result of the incident, Taiwan officials said Monday that they were considering revising the national security law which bars mainland Chinese from entering the nationalist island.

20.   As long as it remains just a case of sabre-rattling against the Nationalist island, unity is relatively easier to maintain, analysts stressed.