Lee gives up on summit

Mon, 31 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

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.

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