TAIPEI, September 30, SPA -- Taiwan's ruling DemocraticProgressive Party passed a resolution Sunday to assert theself-ruled island's separate identity from rival China andcall for the enactment of a new constitution. The move could rile China, which has repeatedly threatenedwar if Taiwan formalizes its de facto independence. The resolution for a «normal country» _ passed at aboisterous party congress _ calls for general use of«Taiwan» as the island's name, without specificallyabolishing its current formal name, the Republic of China, the Associated Press reported. The congress comes ahead of the presidential election nextMarch. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/486914