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(9 Jun 1995) English/Nat

The White House admitted Friday that the visit to the US by Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui had caused tension between Washington and Beijing.

President Clinton called in China's ambassador Friday to assure him there was no change in US-Chinese relations.

Lee, a former student of Cornell University in New York State, returned there Friday to give a speech.

Even as pro Taiwan demonstrators chanted slogans and carried banners outside Cornell University Friday (today) where President Lee was being welcomed, Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, reported that the Chinese ambassador told Clinton the visit had \"gravely harmed\" bilateral relations and that the United States should not have admitted Lee.

Like most countries, the United States officially recognizes only the Chinese government in Beijing.

Both Beijing and Taipei, the Taiwan capital where the former Nationalist government established itself after the 1949 communist takeover on the mainland, claim to be the true rulers of China.

Washington backed the Nationalists until 1978, when it recognized Beijing and reduced ties with Taiwan to an unofficial level.

But when being welcomed by the President of Cornell University - politics was cast aside to welcome an old student.

SOUNDBITE:

\"With great pride today, we welcome home someone whose arrival has been long delayed but is therefore all the more welcome to those of us on the campus. A scholar, an alumni, a teacher, a national leader, an international statesman and an aspiring example the word over of intelligence and humane and democratic leadership. President Lee Teng-Lui.
SUPER CAPTION:President Rose, Cornell University

President Lee Teng-hui trumpeted Taiwan's democratic and economic credentials Friday in appealing to the United States to upgrade its relations with a nation viewed by China as a renegade province.

SOUNDBITE:

\"President Rose, members of the facility and administration, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for your gracious introduction. President Rose it is a great honour for me to be invited to deliver the lecture at my alma- mater, Cornell University. It has been a long and challenging journey, with many bumps on the way. Yet my wife and I are indeed very happy to return to this beloved campus.\"
SUPER CAPTION:President Lee Teng-Lui, President of Taiwan

In the keynote speech of his four-day visit, Lee also called on China \"to end ideological confrontation and to open up a new era of peaceful competition.

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