TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan urged China on Saturday to scrap a Chinese law authorising the use of force on the island, saying it is irrelevant when ties between the two political rivals have improved over the past year.
In 2005, China enacted an "anti-secession law" that allows it to use force on Taiwan in extreme cases. It was seen as a warning to Taiwan's then-President Chen Shui-bian who often angered the mainland with his independence-leaning rhetoric.
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