Storm drenches China with heavy rains A storm drenched China's southeast on Sunday after killing five people on Taiwan and prompting the evacuation of 1.4 million people on the mainland, officials said. In Vietnam, the death toll from a separate storm rose to 55. Taiwan mayor polls seen as test for ruling party Mayoral elections in Taiwan's two biggest cities next month will provide a new, stern test for the island's beleaguered ruling party even though President Chen Shui-bian has survived three attempts in parliament to oust him. China invites Taiwan ruling party mayors to visit BEIJING - China's southwestern city of Chongqing has invited mayors from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to visit in October, a top policymaker said on Saturday, as part of efforts to reduce tensions.
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