"Under these circumstances, the task of resolving the Taiwan issue" will "appear increasingly urgent."

Moreover, we will continue to disagree over resolution of the Taiwan issue.

The two leaders used pointedly different language to describe the Taiwan issue.

"If there were not the Taiwan issue, China would find it harder to justify this kind of spending."

He said he worried some about how the candidates would handle the delicate Taiwan issue.

The Taiwan issue will be decided in due course.

"The letter does not say anything except on the Taiwan issue, which is in our bill anyway," she said.

Beijing began to express increasing impatience with the lack of resolution on the Taiwan issue.

"China is very angry about this development in the Taiwan issue."

We sincerely hope and insist that peaceful means should be used to solve the Taiwan issue.