Word: motherland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Taiwan is already independent in all but name and that Beijing is sharpening its weapons to reverse the process. Last month Chinese President Jiang Zemin summoned his top officials for a three-day review of Taiwan policy and urged them to "speed up the reunification of the motherland." Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan says Taiwan is "the most important core issue" in relations with the U.S., and President Bill Clinton will hear all about that when he arrives in China next week...
...past that all too often is ignored. On it stands the House of Slaves, where tens of thousands of Africans were herded into cramped holding pens to be fattened up for the Middle Passage to a life of slavery in the New World. Their last contact with the African motherland came at the Door of No Return, where they were whipped across a narrow gangplank to the slave ships...
...interview with The Crimson, Wu said the Chinese "people traditionally put most importance in their motherland, and cannot distinguish between their leader and country...
...Dalai Lama] must state and recognize publicly that Tibet is an inalienable part of the People's Republic of China," Jiang said. "He must state publicly to give up Tibetan independence, and he must stop all activities aimed at splitting the motherland...
...Young people in China have also a motto: Keep the motherland in heart and serve the people with heart and soul," Jiang said. "I hope that in the course of building our countries, younger generations of Chinese and Americans will learn from each other...and strive for a better future...