51.   Beijing views the island as a rebel province, with no right to diplomatic relations with other countries.

52.   Beijing, however, is wary of losing influence to Taiwan, which China regards as a rebel province.

53.   Both cancellations involved Taiwan, the U.S. Cold War ally that Beijing considers a rebel province.

54.   But full air and shipping links will not open until China renounces the use of force to retake Taiwan, which it considers a rebel province, Chang said.

55.   But Li vowed to resist any efforts by Taiwan, viewed as a rebel province by Beijing, to do so, and he defended the policy.

56.   But he warned that military force remained an option to reunite the mainland with the island Beijing regards as a rebel province.

57.   But the premier also did not put forward a timetable for reunifying China with the island it considers a rebel province.

58.   China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and considers it a rebel province.

59.   China claims the island, a Cold War ally of the United States, as a rebel province.

60.   China considers Taiwan a rebel province with no right of self-government.