Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian kisses his wife Wu Shu-chen goodbye at
Taipei's Chiang Kai Shek international airport on October 31, 2003
before flying to New York, where he will receive a human rights award
from the International League of Human Rights. China has said Chen's
stopovers in New York and Anchorage, en route to Panama for
celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, could
send negative ripples through Sino-U.S. ties and increase tension
between Taipei and Beijing. REUTERS/Simon Kwong

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