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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan does not want to close the door to China and is willing to engage in the spirit of goodwill, but on an equal basis and without political preconditions, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday. Relations between Taipei and Beijing, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, are at their lowest in decades, with China increasing political and military pressure to get the island to accept its sovereignty. Earlier on Sunday at a security forum in Singapore, China’s defence minister said the Chinese government sought “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan bu…