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Ruling, red collar and opposition lawmakers brawl as discussions start on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China on the legislature floor on Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Pro-and anti-government lawmakers exchanged punches and threw garbage bins at each other Thursday in another raucous session in Taiwan's legislature after the speaker rejected an opposition bid to conduct a detailed debate on a contentious trade pact with China. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Ruling, red collar and opposition lawmakers brawl as discussions start on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China on the legislature floor on Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Pro-and anti-government lawmakers exchanged punches and threw garbage bins at each other Thursday in another raucous session in Taiwan's legislature after the speaker rejected an opposition bid to conduct a detailed debate on a contentious trade pact with China. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Ruling and opposition lawmakers brawl as discussions start on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China on the legislature floor on Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Lawmakers were seen shoving and punching each other in Taiwan's legislature after the speaker rejected an opposition bid to conduct a detailed debate on a contentious trade pact with China. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Ruling and opposition lawmakers brawl as discussions start on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China on the legislature floor on Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Lawmakers were seen shoving and punching each other in Taiwan's legislature after the speaker rejected an opposition bid to conduct a detailed debate on a contentious trade pact with China. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Dancers impersonate Michael Jackson during a gathering ahead of the first anniversary of his death June 25, 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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** FILE ** A U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during in Ilan County, 49 miles west of Taipei, Taiwan., on July 20, 2006. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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A Tiananmen rebel exiled in Taiwan, renowned for his courage, charisma and extraordinary personal narrative, has declared his candidacy for a seat as an independent in the island democracy's parliament called the Legislative Yuan.

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**FILE** Chen Yunlin (left), head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, and Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan's chief negotiator, toast the charter flight and tourism agreement. (Associated Press)