Obviously, the Fujianese have always been an independence-minded lot!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese and Korean Family Names] Reference

On March 22 Taiwan will choose a successor to independence-minded President Chen Shui-bian.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cooling Trend In One of the Most Dangerous Hotspots] Reference

Was the idea to fight the Cold War indirectly, over the bodies of independence-minded Asians?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Henry Kissinger Bombs Again] Reference

The Chinese made no secret of their purpose: to intimidate independence-minded Taiwanese voters.    From Wordnik.com.  [On A Gunboat To China] Reference

Mostly, though, it involves doing the reverse of what independence-minded pundits like to talk about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Fantasy of the Radical Center] Reference

This is Spain saying, "No, no, you can ` t do that," because they ` ve got independence-minded people in Spain.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference

(Last week Gorbachev eased the political situation by promising to resume oil shipments to independence-minded Lithuania.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Aid To Moscow: Reward Or Rathole?] Reference

Senegal and Chad, all of whom had been persuaded into changing alliances since the election of the independence-minded Chen.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It's "splitting," he says, between more independence-minded people and those who "have a hard time to believe we're not Chinese.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Man Without a Country] Reference

Ma had raised the prospect of easing cross-strait problems that have grown during six years of rule by the independence-minded Chen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broken Record: WaPo on Chen indictments] Reference

If England had seriously negotiated the demands of these independence-minded colonists, further bloodshed might very well have been avoided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surviving in an Angry World] Reference

And this is without any major response from the independence-minded Kurds, who will fight to the death to control their oil-rich region of northern Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Eisele: Terrorists' Appointment in Samarra: The Civil War in Iraq] Reference

The same situation prevailed in Mexico and independence-minded Mexicans were continually accusing rightists of subversive activity aimed toward restoration of Spanish rule.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guadalupe Victoria - Presidente desconocido] Reference

The massive copper and gold mine in the Papua New Guinea island territory of Bougainville had been closed by the independence-minded Bougainville Revolutionary Army in 1989.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference

Clearly through those independence-minded territories, they're into Georgia proper and that's something that a lot of people would like to fathom, exactly what are they attempting to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2008] Reference

Now the latter seemed to be everywhere, founded by confident and independence-minded veterans or by refugees from the tortured lands that once lay prostrate under the heels of the Shadowmasters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water Sleeps]

Lebanon's charismatic and independence-minded prime minister, go along with the decision.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The independence-minded Kurds struggled for decades against central governments in Baghdad.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference

"The Alaskan Independence Party has got links to almost every independence-minded movement in the world,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Salon] Reference

However, the northern region also has moderate political parties, which are more or less independence-minded.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

On Sunday, the reaction from French-speakers to the rise of an independence-minded party in Flanders was cautious.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

Empire in 19th century after centuries of geopolitical turbulence, but the Georgian people remained independence-minded.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Clashes over Bangladesh arrests] Reference

"The Alaskan Independence Party has got links to almost every independence-minded movement in the world," Chryson exclaimed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suzie-Q] Reference

He then demanded that Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's charismatic and independence-minded prime minister, go along with the decision.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Some experts say there's no practical way to prevent other independence-minded regions from drawing inspiration from the Kosovo ruling.    From Wordnik.com.  [ajc.com - News] Reference

The independence-minded opposition said it believes the concessions from Beijing are aimed at luring Taiwan into cross-strait political integration.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Hawkins: We haven't scheduled any group activities for the moment; our members are highly independence-minded, some are in other collectives as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [COMIXTALK] Reference

Five years ago: Final results showed clergy-backed Shiites (SHEE'-eyetz) and independence-minded Kurds had swept to victory in Iraq's landmark elections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com] Reference

Please remember that Pipes presented this thesis in 1986, five years before the collapsed and independence-minded Muslim countries began to seek their freedom.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

From 2000 to 2008, the relationship was particularly bad, as Beijing watched the island's independence-minded President Chen Shui-bian push for greater autonomy.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Further irritating the Chinese are President Barack Obama's plans to soon meet with the Dalai Lama, the international figurehead for independence-minded Tibetans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Geopolitically, the rescue plan for Dubai unveiled on Monday gives Abu Dhabi greater sway over Dubai's affairs and could force Abu Dhabi's independence-minded leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spero News] Reference

It outlines a compromise to reform the Belgian state offering each of the country's communities more autonomy in line with demands from the independence-minded N-VA and other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

They worried it would give Taiwan’s independence-minded President Chen Shuibian the green light to go his separatist way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Most Important Phrase You’ll Never Hear] Reference

Like McCain, she's independence-minded -- very, very independence-minded.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unknown Candidate] Reference