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Show The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD ChinaStill Interpreting Taiwan Leader’s Speech independent nation Chiang Kai-shek’s ever since nationalist Taiwan, whichit regards as part of China’s historical territory. forces fled to the island in 1949 af- Chen,in his inaugural address, did not embrace tNe “one-China” ter their defeat by the communists in China’scivil war. But China has never relinquished its claim to BY MICHAEL DORGAN BEIJING — One week after newly elected Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian’s delivered his eagerly awaited inaugural address, China’s governmentstill seems to be trying to figure out just what he said. Officials and analysts here remain deeply suspicious of Chen, whom theyearlier denounced as a vile “splittist” who would promote Taiwan’s independence in defianceofBeijing’s insistence that the island and the mainlandconstitute “one China.” But Chen’s carefully crafted and ambiguousspeechlast Saturday may have created enough elbow room for both sides to at least begin talking. Ina front-page article Saturday in the government-run China Daily, an official in the agency that oversees relations with Taiwan was quoted as sayingthat if Chen does accept the one-Chinaprinciple, China “will wait and watch for a longtime” rather than press for quickreunification. In the samearticle, anotherofficial in the same agency said: “If Taiwan authorities do not deliberately engage in separatist and Taiwan independenceactivities, it is notdifficult for them to clarify an attitude toward the one-China principle with respect to preserv- precondition to negotiations. 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