Taipei - Taiwan President Mr Chen Shui-bian offered China an olive branch yesterday, saying his party's dramatic win in weekend elections has not changed his commitment to improving bilateral ties.
But Mr Chen's predecessor and new found ally, Mr Lee Teng-hui, warned that China's "ambition to swallow up Taiwan would surely grow day by day" after the two sides join the World Trade Organisation this month. In his first public comments since Saturday's poll, Mr Chen said the island's policy of opening up to China would not be reversed.