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Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, right, and former President Tsai Ing-wen wave during Lai's inauguration ceremonies in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 20, 2024. Lai in his inauguration speech has urged China to stop its military intimidation against the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own territory. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan’s new president urges China to respect island, reminds global partners of its relevance

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

FILE - Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai celebrates his victory after Taiwan's presidential election, in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Lai Ching-te is set to take office as Taiwan's new president on May 20. Building on the legacy of incumbent president Tsai, Ing-wen means aiming to strike a balance between cultivating Taiwan's unofficial alliance with the United States, and maintaining peace with China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, to be retaken by force if necessary. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan’s new president inherits a strong foreign policy position but political gridlock at home

By Simina Mistreanu and Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

FILE- Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, left, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 13, 2024. The Biden administration says the White House is sending an unofficial delegation to Taiwan this weekend for the inauguration of the island’s democratically elected president. The move is certain to upset China but unlikely to draw excessive responses from Beijing as the two countries try to stabilize relations. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Days before a new president is due to be inaugurated, brawl roils Taiwan’s unicameral parliament

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a fighter takes off during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island carried out by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Nanjing in eastern China on April 8, 2023. 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. (Wang Zixiao/Xinhua via AP, File)

History As It Happens: Beyond Taiwan

By Martin Di Caro

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

Taiwanese Vice President William Lai waves to the media as he departs for Paraguay at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwanese opposition figures fail to unite against ruling party

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Then Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Shangri-la Hotel on Nov. 7, 2015, in Singapore. Former Taiwan President Ma will visit China next week, in what a spokesman called an independent bid to ease tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland. Ma, who's a member of the opposition Nationalist Party (Kuomingtang), will lead a delegation of academics and students as well as his former presidential staffers from March 27 to April 7, his office said Sunday. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou will visit China

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

A supporter wears a mask patterned with the Taiwan national flag and slogan reading &quot;Taiwan is awesome&quot; during an election campaign in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Taiwan will hold local elections on November 26. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan president resigns as party leader after election loss

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this image made from video, lawmakers fight during a parliament session in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Taiwan's lawmakers got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of U.S. pork and beef. A blue banner at right reads: “Protest against ractopamine pork, We want a referendum.” (FTV via AP)

Lawmakers throw pig guts, punches on Taiwan parliament floor

Associated Press

Supporters of Han Kuo-yu, Taiwan's 2020 presidential election candidate of the KMT or Nationalist Party, pass under a giant Taiwanese flag during a campaign rally in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung city on Friday, Jan 10, 2020. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP Explains: Taiwan’s election and its standoff with China

Associated Press

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center, speaks to journalists after a vote in local elections in New Taipei City, Taiwan Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. Taiwanese have begun voting in midterm local elections seen as a referendum on the administration of President Tsai, amid growing pressure from the island's powerful rival China. (Kyodo News via AP)

Taiwan ruling party suffers major defeat in local elections

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

In this Nov. 20, 2018, photo, Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung mayoral candidate, Chen Chi-mai at left reacts to supporters during a rally in Kaohsiung, central Taiwan. China and its growing pressure campaign loom large as Taiwan holds elections for mayors and other local officials Saturday, in what is partly seen as a referendum on the policies of independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen. (AP Photo)

China’s pressure on Tsai weighs on local Taiwan elections

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Tsai not planning ‘formal independence’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Ma Ying-jeou

Inside China: Hung Hsiu-chu’s Taiwan president nomination sign of KMT party weakness

By Miles Yu