Four of the eight top Bosnian Serb generals boycotted talks with President Biljana Plavsic. The meeting was to determine who may be backing her rival - indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic. Plavsic also was expected to nominate Gen. Momir Talic to be the new Army chief of staff, Army sources said. Meanwhile, the pro-Karadzic Bosnian Serb parliament met in Pale, ignoring Plavsic's recent order dissolving the body. China rejected a peace overture by rival Taiwan .
China considers Taiwan to be a renegade province.
On Monday, Taiwan Vice President Lien Chan called for an end to years of hostility and exchange of visits by their leaders. He also vowed not to pursue independence. Meanwhile, Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui won a third term as Nationalist Party chairman at the party's annual congress. Cambodian strongman Hun Sen's regime rejected a call for a cease-fire to welcome this week's return of King Norodom Sihanouk to the country. The appeal was made by Sihanouk's son, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who was ousted by Hun Sen in a coup last month.