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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president faced a test of his independence-minded policies toward China on Saturday, as voters cast ballots to elect a National Assembly charged with amending Taiwan's constitution.
Recent visits to the mainland by two opposition leaders transformed the poll into a test of strength for President Chen Shui-bian's ruling Democratic Progressive Party and its policies toward independence.
Taiwan and China split after a protracted civil war in 1949, China claims Taiwan as its territory and has threatened to attack if it makes its de facto independence permanent.
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