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Mr Chen at first denounced Mr Lien's plans, arguing that the trip was too soon after China's adoption in March of an anti-secession law authorising the use of force against Taiwan should it assert its independence.
Mr Alexander insisted the Lib Dems were not going to "walk away" from the coalition in the months leading up to the election - a move some activists believe would enable it to assert its independence and increase its chances or retaining seats.
The EU's senior military man (a German admiral), now overseeing the Macedonian operation, is actually based at NATO.But France has always believed that in the long run the EU must assert its independence of NATO, an organisation it regards as ultimately an instrument of American foreign policy.
One is that the bank wanted to assert its independence.
Mali's decline in the 15th century enabled the Songhai kingdom in the east to assert its independence.
More than Duvalier's fate or Aristide's possible reappearance now rides on whether Haiti can assert its independence.
Asia will have arrived not when it has asserted its independence from the West, but when it can engage comfortably, confidently, and on equal terms with it.
Some outsiders believe it maintains an excessively tight policy as a way of asserting its independence, which it won at around the time deflation took hold.
Its traditional role as the port for greater Tokyo having declined, it is asserting its independence as a hub for shopping, conventions, and the like.
"The board's greatest impact has come when it has asserted its independence from the department and, indeed, from City Hall as well".
