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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vows to resist Chinese threats to sovereignty in national address

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te waves during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan celebrates its National Day holiday against a background of Chinese threats

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, center, arrives to speak at a gathering of the largest delegation of foreign lawmakers to visit Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. The delegation by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, or IPAC, is a group of hundreds of lawmakers from 35 countries concerned about how democracies approach Beijing. Lai told attendees that their participation showed the importance of democratic unity, even as Beijing put pressure on lawmakers not to attend the conference. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Taiwan president urges democracies to unite at largest-ever gathering of foreign lawmakers in Taipei

By Dake Kang - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, right pose for photos with American Institute in Taiwan's (AIT) Director Raymond F. Greene in Taipei, Taiwan on July 10, 2024. Greene who newly assumed his office on July 9, met with Taiwan President Lai in the morning of July 10, when both reiterated on the strong partnership Taiwan and the U.S. nurtured from the past, with ups and downs. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

New top U.S. envoy to Taiwan pledges to help the island with self-defense as threats from China loom

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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

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 Lai in his inauguration speech urges China to stop its military intimidation

By Simina Mistreanu and Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

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

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

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)

What a new president in Taiwan means for the island, China, the US and the world

By Emily Wang Fujiyama - Associated Press

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