Lee gives up on summit

Lee gives up on summit

TOKYO (AFP): Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui has given up plans to attend the summit of APEC leaders next month in Indonesia to spare the host country from facing strong opposition from China, the Jiji Press said Saturday.

The Taiwanese government plans instead to send Economic Affairs Minister Chiang Ping-kun and another high-ranking official to the Nov. 15-16 meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Jakarta, the news agency quoted a Taiwanese source here as saying.

Opposition from China, which regards Taiwan as its renegade province, prevented Lee from coming to Japan to attend the Asian Games earlier this month.

Meanwhile, visiting Chinese Vice President Rong Yiren said at a lecture Saturday that Beijing had no intention of changing its view that there was only one China.