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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Chinese Politburo Member Yang Jiechi speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. China’s top foreign policy adviser is urging closer ties with the U.S. under the Biden administration, while saying Washington must “effectively respect China’s position and concerns on the Taiwan issue.” The head of the ruling Communist Party’s office on foreign affairs, Yang, said the sides will have their differences but should not allow them to derail relations, in remarks Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Top Chinese diplomat urges closer ties with US under Biden

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A soldier holds a Taiwan national flag during a military exercise in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

EXPLAINER: How Taiwan figures in US-China ties under Biden

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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2009, file photo, a woman walks near a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force's J-11 fighter jet displayed for the Air Force's 60th anniversary at an airport in Beijing, China. Taiwan says its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the center line in the Taiwan Strait, calling China’s move a provocation that seeks to alter the status quo in the waterway dividing the island from mainland China.(AP Photo, File)

China incursions into Taiwan air defense zone seen as test of Biden administration

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Russian police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as minus-50 C (minus-58 F) to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country's top opposition figure. A Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent foe, was arrested on Jan. 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from a severe nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Joe Biden administration faces early tests from China, Russia

By David R. Sands and Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this image made from a video screen shows and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft meeting virtually with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (unseen) on Wednesday night, Jan. 13, 2021. Craft's trip to Taiwan was canceled but Craft told Tsai: “The United States will always stand with Taiwan.” (The United States Mission to the United Nations via AP)

Outging US ambassador says world must end Taiwan’s exclusion

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Taiwan military stages drill aimed at repelling China attack

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Illustration on peril to Taiwan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Reasons why Trump’s buzzer-beater endangers Taiwan’s relations with China

By Antonio C. Hsiang

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, Ensign Grayson Sigler, from Corpus Christi, Texas, scans the horizon while standing watch in the pilot house as guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific, at the Taiwan Strait, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

China state organ says Beijing must ‘strike back’ at U.S. over Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific, at the Taiwan Strait, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

China hits back at U.S. move to lift communication restrictions on Taiwan

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech at the Office of the President in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Tsai hailed the island's progress in containing the coronavirus pandemic and growing the economy while facing military threats from China. (AP Photo/Wu Taijing) ** FILE **

State Department lifts all restrictions on government contacts with Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media prior to meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah at the State Department in Washington. Pompeo announced Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, that the State Department is voiding longstanding restrictions on how U.S. diplomats and others have contact with their counterparts in Taiwan, another move that is expected to upset China as the Trump administration winds to an end. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Chinese state media blast latest Pompeo move on Taiwan

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a news conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington. According to the United States Mission to the United Nations, Craft will travel to Taipei Jan. 13-15, 2021, for meetings with senior Taiwanese counterparts and members of the diplomatic community in order to bolster relations and show continued support with the island. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

State Department lifts all restrictions on government contacts with Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a news conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington. According to the United States Mission to the United Nations, Craft will travel to Taipei Jan. 13-15, 2021, for meetings with senior Taiwanese counterparts and members of the diplomatic community in order to bolster relations and show continued support with the island. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Taiwan heralds visit by US ambassador to UN as China fumes

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific, at the Taiwan Strait, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

US sending UN envoy to Taiwan, sparking warning from China

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Street cat &quot;Flower&quot; is fed by volunteer Yuju Huang at a Midnight Cafeteria in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. Launched in September, the “cafeteria” is actually 45 small wooden houses painted by Taiwanese artists and scattered across Taipei. The idea is to give the cats a place to rest while making feeding them less messy. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

One Good Thing: Midnight Cafeteria feeds Taipei’s stray cats

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific, at the Taiwan Strait, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. China accused the U.S. of staging a show of force by sailing two Navy warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday morning. The Navy said the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS John S. McCain and USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit in accordance with international law.(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy via AP)

John McCain’s final taunt of 2020

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Tsai credits Taiwan for virus wins, notes China’s threats

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Pro-democracy activists, including Lee Cheuk-Yan, right, hold placards with the picture of the Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan as they march to the Chinese central government's liaison office, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. They demanded the release of the 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Trials begin for 10 charged with fleeing from Hong Kong

By HUIZHONG WU and KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, right, and Taiwan former Vice President Chen Chien-jen wave before Azar delivering speech at National Taiwan University College of Public Health in Taipei, Taiwan Tuesday, Aug. 11, 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) **FILE**

Taiwan weighs options as Trump gives way to Joe Biden

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a delivery and launching ceremony of domestically built warships at the Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Corp's shipyards in Kaohsiung, southern of Taiwan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) ** FILE **

Taiwan aims to vaccinate 60% of the population against COVID-19

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times