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The guided missile destroyer, U.S.S. Barry. The warship is one of four destroyers sent to the Mediterranean. (credit: U.S. Navy)

Michael Studeman visit shatters another Taiwan taboo

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, the Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil listens as Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. The Czech Senate president met with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen and other top government officials Thursday during a rare trip by a foreign dignitary to the self-ruled democratic island that rival China called an &quot;open provocation.&quot; (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Prague, Taipei deepen ties as controversial Czech visit ends

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a roundtable discussion with President Donald Trump on the coronavirus outbreak and storm preparedness at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla. When Azar arrives in Taiwan he’ll find a society that has managed to contain COVID-19 by doing things the U.S. has fumbled, such as having a national plan and citizens willing to wear masks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Azar leads highest-level US delegation to Taiwan in decades

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, second left, waves to media as he arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei in 1979. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Azar visit to Taiwan is fresh thorn in prickly US-China ties

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2020, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who is also chairman of the President's Task Force on the Novel Coronavirus, speaks at the Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington. Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei in 1979. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

US sending highest official to Taiwan since ties cut in 1979

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 14, 2020, file photo Taiwanese army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant over a road during a drill to prevent community cluster infection of coronavirus in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The administration, backed by a bipartisan collection of lawmakers, is pressing for Taiwan's inclusion as a separate entity in international organizations like the World Health Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization, both of which have significant roles in anti-virus efforts. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

US sees coronavirus window to push Taiwan’s global status

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2020, photo, a woman wearing a face mask walks on a almost empty street at the Chinatown in Incheon, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami - and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. A restaurant owner in the Chinatown says visitors have dropped by 90%. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stress, rumors, even violence: Virus fear goes viral

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Prague inks partnership with Taipei after snubbing Beijing

Associated Press

In this picture taken on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, tourists enjoy a view of the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic. On Thursday, Dec. 12, Prague has approved a plan to sign a partnership agreement with the capital of Taiwan, Taipei. Mayor Zdenek Hrib said it focuses on economic, trade and cultural cooperation but not on politics. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Prague to ink partnership with Taipei after snubbing Beijing

Associated Press

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu gestures while speaking during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at his ministry in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Wu was careful to say his government has no desire to intervene in Hong Kong’s internal affairs, and that existing legislation is sufficient to deal with a relatively small number of Hong Kong students or others who seek to reside in Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

AP Interview: Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands

By ADAM SCHRECK - Associated Press

Chan Tong-kai, center, talks to the media as he is released from prison in Hong Kong Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Chan, who's wanted for killing his girlfriend last year on the self-ruled island, had asked the Hong Kong government for help turning himself in to Taiwan after his sentence for money laundering offenses ends on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Q&A: How a woman’s death got tangled in Hong Kong politics

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

In this May 30, 2019, photo, the first team of Taiwan artillerywomen poses for the press during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan. Taiwan has confirmed Thursday, June 6, 2019, that it has asked to purchase more than 100 U.S. tanks, along with air defense and anti-tank missile systems in a major potential arms sale that could worsen frictions between Washington and Beijing. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

Defying China, U.S. to sell new tanks, anti-aircraft missiles to Taiwan in $2B deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Same-sex marriage supporters gather outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, May 17, 2019. Taiwan's Constitutional Court are scheduled to decide Friday on legalizing same-sex marriage, marking a potential first in Asia. The signs read ''Vote Can't Be Defeated.'' (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan approves same-sex marriage in first for Asia

By Ralph Jennings - Associated Press

Supporters of Taipei city mayor and city mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je cheer in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. Taiwan's ruling party suffered a major defeat Saturday in local elections seen as a referendum on the administration of the island's independence-leaning president amid growing economic and political pressure from China. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

The Latest: Taiwanese reject gay marriage, new Olympic name

Associated Press

In this Nov. 3, 2018, photo, supporters hold hands and a flag with the words &quot;Taiwan Taipei&quot; during a rally for a referendum asking if national teams, including ones for the Olympics, should go by the name &quot;Taiwan Taipei&quot; instead of &quot;Chinese Taipei&quot; in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan will vote on a referendum this month asking if the self-ruled island should compete as “Taiwan” instead of the present “Chinese Taipei.” This would include the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The controversial referendum has angered China, which sees Taiwan as a breakaway province. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Olympic referendum: Shall it be ‘Taiwan’ or ‘Chinese Taipei’

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Candidates of Taipei mayoral election, from left, Li Hsi-kun, incumbent mayor Ko Wen-je, Pasuya Yao of Democratic Progressive Party, Ting Shou-chung of Nationalist Party and Wu E-yang, pose for a picture at the start of their televised policy debate in Taipei, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Li and Wu are independent candidates. The candidates vying to become the mayor of Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, faced off in a televised debate on Saturday, two weeks before a host of local elections seen as a barometer of the ruling party’s popularity. (Pool Photo via AP)

Taipei mayor candidates face off in televised debate

Associated Press

In this photo released by Military News Agency, rescue workers tend to the injured at the site of a train derailment in Lian in northern Taiwan on Sunday, Oct. 21 2018. The Puyuma express train was carrying more than 300 passengers toward Taitung, a city on Taiwan's southeast coast, when it went off the tracks on Sunday afternoon. (Military News Agency via AP)

The Latest: Death toll in Taiwan derailment stands at 18

Associated Press

In this July 6, 2018, photo, Chinese security personnel watch as travelers check in for flights at the American Airlines check-in counters at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. China is applauding U.S. airlines for bending to its demand that they cease referring to Taiwan as its own country on their websites, as American Airlines, Delta and United are among a wave of international carriers to remove references to Taiwan on their websites ahead of a Wednesday, July 25, 2018, deadline set by Chinese authorities. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US airlines cave to China’s demand on referring to Taiwan

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2012, file photo, an Air China flight attendant stands near model planes at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) 68th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Beijing. Global airlines are obeying Beijing's demands to refer to Taiwan explicitly as a part of China, despite the White House's call this month to stand firm against such &quot;Orwellian nonsense.&quot; (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Airlines obey Beijing’s demand to call Taiwan part of China

By ERIKA KINETZ - Associated Press

Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of hardware for Google, second from left, and Cher Wang, chairperson of HTC, shake hands during a press conference in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. Google is biting off a big piece of device manufacturer HTC for $1.1 billion to expand its efforts to build phones, speakers and other gadgets equipped with its arsenal of digital services. At left is Mario Queiroz, vice president of product management at Google, and at right is Chia-Lin Chang, president of smartphones and connected devices for HTC. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Google buys HTC’s Pixel team in $1.1B bet on devices

By Ryan Nakashima and Michael Liedtke - Associated Press