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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Attorney General Merrick Garland during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Hawley introduces bill to bolster U.S. assistance to Taiwan’s defense

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center, speaks with military personnel near aircraft parked on a highway in Jiadong, Taiwan, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Four military aircraft landed on the highway and took off again on Wednesday as part of Taiwan's five-day Han Guang military exercise designed to prepare the island's forces for an attack by China, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP) ** FILE **

Taiwan’s president confirms U.S. troop presence

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 14, 2021, photo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Biden administration backs Taiwan’s ‘participation’ at United Nations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Psaki goes to work cleaning up Biden’s town hall comments

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping looks as he arrives at an event commemorating the 110th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. Xi said on Saturday reunification with Taiwan must happen and will happen peacefully, despite a ratcheting-up of China's threats to attack the island. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Biden comments

Associated Press

President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Baltimore Center Stage Pearlstone Theater, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden says, contrary to U.S. policy, that America committed to aid Taiwan if attacked by China

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Defending Taiwan from China Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Should the United States defend Taiwan?

By Jed Babbin

Illustration on Biden and China by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Team Biden ignores Communist China at America’s peril

By Tom Basile

In this photo released by U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and other U.S. and allies' vessels transit the Bay of Bengal as part of MALABAR 2021, on Oct. 12, 2021. China seeks to bring the strategically and symbolically important island back under its control, and the U.S. sees Taiwan in the context of broader challenges from China. (Russel Lindsey/US Navy via AP)

Taiwan tensions raise fears of U.S.-China conflict in Asia

By David Rising - Associated Press

A woman stops to look at the burnt building in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Dozens were killed and dozens more injured after a fire broke out early Thursday in a decades-old mixed commercial and residential building in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, officials said. (AP Photo/Huizhong Wu)

Officials seek cause of Taiwan building fire that killed 46

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this image taken from video by Taiwan's EBC, firefighters battle a blaze at a building in Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. A fire engulfed a 13-story building overnight in southern Taiwan, the island’s semi-official Central News Agency reported Thursday. (EBC via AP )

At least 46 killed in Taiwanese apartment building inferno

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team fly over President Office during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan rejects China’s ‘path’ amid show of military force

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team fly over President Office during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan says it will bolster defenses in response to China’s bullying

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Taiwanese soldiers salute during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

‘Must be fulfilled’: Xi Jinping calls for Taiwan annexation as tensions rise

By Bill Gertz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping looks as he arrives at an event commemorating the 110th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. Xi said on Saturday reunification with Taiwan must happen and will happen peacefully, despite a ratcheting-up of China's threats to attack the island. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Xi blames Taiwan standoff on past Chinese weakness, vows to retake island nation

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) conduct a passing honors ceremony with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) and the Kongo-class guided-missile destroyer JS Chokai (DDG 176) in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 19, 2021. A spate of recent Chinese military flights off Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, and naval maneuvers by the United States and its allies to reinforce maritime routes challenged by China are fueling increasing tensions in a region already on edge. (Haydn N. Smith/U.S. Navy via AP)

China fumes over reports of U.S. Special Ops training force in Taiwan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Residents holdings flags and chanting cheer as they wait for the arrival back to China of Meng Wanzhou, an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei who was held by Canada for more than two years at America's request, at the airport in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong Province, on Sept. 25, 2021. Nine months into U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, there are signs of movement in what has been a fraught U.S.-China relationship. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

US-China challenge: Easing tensions despite differences

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Hagerty, Tennessee Republican, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times/Pool via AP wire) **FILE**

Senate Republicans press for briefings on U.S. strategy amid rising China tensions

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Visitors view the Chinese military's J-16D electronic warfare airplane, left, and the KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft at right during 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province. With record numbers of military flights near Taiwan over the last week, China has been stepping up its harassment of the island it claims as its own, showing a new intensity and sophistication as it asserts its territorial claims in the region. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

Tensions flare as Chinese flights near Taiwan intensify

By Huizhong Wu and David Rising - Associated Press

In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. China flew more than 30 military planes toward Taiwan on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, the second large display of force in as many days. (Taiwan Ministry of Defense via AP, File)

Biden, in weakness, emboldens China to aggress Taiwan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times