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Taiwan's Vice President William Lai Ching-te waves after landing at Silvio Pettirossi airport in Luque, Paraguay, on Aug. 14, 2023. The Chinese military launched drills around Taiwan on Saturday, Aug. 19 as a "stern warning” over what it called collusion between “separatists and foreign forces,” its defense ministry said, days after the island's vice president stopped over in the United States. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)

Chinese military launches drills around Taiwan as a ‘warning’ after a island official went to U.S.

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Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) is underway off the coast of Japan near Mt. Fuji. Antietam is on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Nov. 22, 2014. The U.S. Navy is sailing the USS Antietam and the USS Chancellorsville warships through the Taiwan Strait Sunday, in the first such transit publicized since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August, at a time where tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Flewellyn/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy carrier strike group deployed near Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's Vice President William Lai, second right, waves as he is greeted by his supporters upon arrival in New York on earlier Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. Lai left Taiwan Saturday on a trip to Paraguay to reinforce relations with his government's last diplomatic partner in South America at a time when China is stepping up efforts to isolate the self-ruled island democracy. Lai's trip includes stops in San Francisco and New York City, which Beijing criticized Washington for allowing. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan braced for new Chinese military moves following vice president’s U.S. visit

By Bill Gertz - 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)

Taiwan VP vows to stand firm amid pressure from China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Taiwanese Vice President William Lai speaks before leaving for Paraguay at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan’s vice president leaves on Paraguay trip amid Chinese efforts to isolate the island

By Taijing Wu - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, center right, chats with Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party during a visit to the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The senior Japanese politician advocated Tuesday for increasing his country's deterrence ability to ensure peace in the region, and called for that message to be clearly conveyed globally — particularly in China. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Japan struggles to match rhetoric, policy on defending Taiwan

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Two soldiers lower the national flag during the daily flag ceremony on Liberty Square of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, July 30, 2022. China sent navy ships and a large group of fighter jets toward Taiwan, continuing its military pressure on the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

China sends ships and fighter jets toward Taiwan in new show of force

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a forum in Taipei Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The senior Japanese politician advocated Tuesday for increasing his country's deterrence ability to ensure peace in the region and called for that message to be clearly conveyed globally, particularly in China. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese political leader Taro Aso calls for peace in the Taiwan Strait as Tokyo expands defense

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

A security guard stands near a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag at the Museum of the Communist Party of China on May 26, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

China releases TV documentary showcasing army’s ability to attack Taiwan

By Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coastguard ship, front, allegedly blocks the path of a Philippine Coast Guard ship near the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal, South China Sea during a re-supply mission on Saturday Aug. 5, 2023. The Philippine military condemned on Sunday a Chinese coast guard ship's "excessive and offensive" use of a water cannon to block a Filipino supply boat from delivering new troops, food, water and fuel to a Philippine-occupied shoal in the disputed South China Sea. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Philippine military condemns Chinese coast guard’s use of water cannon on its boat in disputed sea

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

A Taiwanese soldier holds a Taiwan national flag near a group of soldiers with red markings on their helmets to play the role of an enemy during the annual Han Kuang military exercises simulating an attack on an airfield at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Northern Taiwan, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Taiwan's defense ministry says Wednesday, Aug. 2, that it has detained an army officer and several collaborators on suspicion of handing military secrets to China. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Xi Jinping wants to ‘hollow out Taiwan from within,’ ex-CIA official warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Air Force Lt. Gen. Gregory Guillot testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be appointed to the grade of general and to be top commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Cyber, nuclear strikes target U.S. infrastructure

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this image made from video provided by the Democratic Progressive Party, Hsu Li-ming, Secretary general of Democratic Progressive Party, second left, leads other members to bow at a news conference offering apology to victims who say they were sexually harassed and the public in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2023. Taiwan amended three laws governing sexual harassment on Monday, July 31 in a special session of the legislature, after a wave of #MeToo accusations hit the island in June. (Democratic Progressive Party via AP, File)

Taiwan amends laws on sexual harassment after recent #MeToo wave

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), center, poses for photos with the commander of the rocket force Wang Houbin, top left, and its political commissar Xu Xisheng, top right, after promoting them to the rank of general in Beijing on Monday, July 31, 2023. Banner above reads "Central Military Commission Promotion to General Ceremony" (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Pentagon official: China still won’t talk to us

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on a possible China invasion of Taiwan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Transport exercises suggest China is preparing to invade Taiwan

By James Fanell and Bradley A. Thayer

Taiwan's military holds drills of the annual Han Kuang military exercises that simulate anti-landing operations near the coast in New Taipei City, northern Taiwan, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Taiwan military mobilized for routine defense exercises from July 24-28. The U.S. is set to announce $345 million in military aid for Taiwan, two U.S. officials said Friday. It would be the Biden administration's first major package drawing on America's own stockpiles under a new policy intended to speed up military aid to help Taiwan counter China. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

China says U.S. military aid to Taiwan will not deter its will to unify the island

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Taiwan's military holds drills of the annual Han Kuang military exercises that simulate an anti-landing operations near the coast in New Taipei City, northern Taiwan, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Taiwan military mobilized for routine defense exercises from July 24-28. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

U.S. to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan

By Nomaan Merchant, Ellen Knickmeyer, Zeke Miller and Tara Copp - Associated Press

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J-10 jet fighters perform in formation to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Air Force in Beijing, China, Nov. 15, 2009. China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, the island's Defense Ministry said Saturday, July 22, 2023, marking a forceful display days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a possible invasion.(AP Photo/File)

As Taiwan prepares for anti-invasion exercises, China sends dozens of warplanes toward the island

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Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during the Family Leadership Summit, Friday, July 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

GOP candidates tell skeptical primary voters why to back Ukraine: Russian win would help China

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times