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In this image taken from video, assault boats take part in naval drills in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Taiwan is holding spring military drills following its recent presidential election and amid threats from China, which claims the island as its own territory that it is determined to annex, possibly by force. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

China’s move on Taiwan could come even sooner than projected, U.S. commander warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, competes in the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport comes almost two years after Valieva's doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) **FILE**

Russian figure skaters set to get Olympic bronze ahead of Canada despite Valieva’s disqualification

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden will speak to Xi Jinping soon, White House adviser says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

BART Police Officer Eric Hofstein displays the fentanyl he confiscated while patrolling the Civic Center Station BART platform in San Francisco, Calif. Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (Jessica Christian /San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

U.S. and Chinese officials meet to begin implementing fentanyl-chemical deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Jen Daskal, left, shakes hands with Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Daskal is leading an interagency U.S. delegation to Beijing to launch the U.S.-China Counternarcotics Working Group. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

U.S. and China launch talks on fentanyl trafficking in a sign of cooperation amid differences

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts in the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. Russian figure skater Valieva has been disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport comes almost two years after Valieva's doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Figure skater Valieva’s doping test disqualification clears way for U.S. to get gold

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Chow Hang-tung, vice chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Democratic Patriotic Movements of China, poses after an interview in Hong Kong on May 24, 2021. Hong Kong’s top court on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, restored a prominent detained activist’s conviction over a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, marking the latest setback for the city’s democracy supporters. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Hong Kong’s top court restores activist’s conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Chinese People’s Liberation Army cadets take part in a bayonet drills at the PLA’s Armoured Forces Engineering Academy Base, on the outskirts of Beijing. (Associated Press)

Report reveals new details of China’s biological weapons programs

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, center, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao, right, and supporters in Taipei, Taiwan on Jan. 13, 2024. Taiwan's incoming president is promising more of the same. The question is what that will bring, not only for Taiwan but also for its relations with China, the United States and others with an interest in the island of 23 million people that supplies many of the advanced semiconductors that keep the world running. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

China expected to step up coercion, provocations after Taiwan election rebuke

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Vote for democracy in Taiwan and not trust China illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A vote for democracy in Taiwan

By Joseph R. DeTrani

China wrecking Taiwan election illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Did Taiwan just have its last election?

By Don Feder

In this photo released by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), from left, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, former U.S. National security adviser Stephen Hadley, Taiwanese Vice-President and President-elect Lai Ching-te, who goes by William, Taiwanese Vice-President elect Bi-khim Hsiao, Director of the American Institute pose for a photo in Taiwan Sandra Oudkirk and Chair of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Laura Rosenberger pose for photos at the DPP headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Retired U.S. officials have met with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and praised the island's democratic process that produced a new president-elect and legislature over the weekend in defiance of China's claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and threat to annex it by military force. (Democratic Progressive Party via AP)

Stung China warns as U.S. delegation meets Taiwanese President-elect Lai

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Supporters of Taiwan's 2024 presidential election candidate, Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, cheer after Lai's victory, in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election and his opponents have conceded. The result of Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary election will chart the trajectory of relations with China over the next four years. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) ** FILE **

‘High winds, strong waves’: China hammered by Taiwan election blowback

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, left, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. The Ruling-party candidate has emerged victorious in Taiwan's presidential election and his opponents have conceded. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Ruling DPP, the party with strongest stance against China, easily wins Taiwan election

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Taiwan's Nationalist Party presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih, center, shakes hands with reporters during an international press conference in New Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

China looms over Taiwan’s voters in final days of heated election

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Taiwan Vice President and Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate William Lai, center, delivers a speech during an election campaign in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

U.S. looks for Chinese meddling in Taiwan vote; ‘Gray zone’ tacties serve as preview

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Protesters against the Chinese Communist Party dress up to depict authoritarian China and Winnie the Pooh representing Chinese President Xi Jinping, dressed as an emperor, and holding a Taiwan island cardboard cutout colored with the Taiwan flag in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Using military threats, diplomatic pressure, fake news and financial inducements for politicians, China is deploying a broad strategy to influence voters in Taiwan’s elections to pick candidates who favor unification. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s shadowy information-manipulation tactics aimed to erode Taiwan’s faith in democracy

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this photo proved by the Defense Department, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Michael Chase hosts delegates from China for the annual U.S.-PRC Defense Policy Coordination Talks at the Pentagon, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. U.S. and Chinese military officers have resumed talks that were frozen after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in 2022. It's a development U.S. officials have said is key to keeping the growing competition between the two great powers from turning into direct conflict. (Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/U.S. Navy via AP)

No breakthroughs seen as Pentagon-China direct talks resume after freeze

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Biden, China and the Inter-American Development Bank

By Michael McKenna

Taiwan President and Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate William Lai, from left, Taiwan's Nationalist Party presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih and Taiwan's Taiwan People's Party (TPP) presidential candidate Ko Wen-je pose before the presidential debates at Taiwan Public Television Service in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Pei Chen, Pool)

Beijing, Washington closely following upcoming presidential elections in Taiwan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times