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"There is only one China. Taiwan is not independent. It does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation."
COLIN POWELL, U.S. Secretary of State, after meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing last week

"Taiwan is absolutely a sovereign, independent nation."
CHEN SHUI-BIAN, President of Taiwan, responding to Powell's comment

"If this isn't good for my heart, I don't know what is."
BILL CLINTON, former U.S. President, on hitting the John Kerry campaign trail seven weeks after heart surgery

"This is not about Gaza—this is the...

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