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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 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

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)

US health chief to visit Taiwan, a COVID-19 success story

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen celebrates her victory with supporters in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

U.S. negotiating historic sale of sophisticated drones to Taiwan: Report

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

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

People line up to pay their respects at a memorial for former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Lee, who brought direct elections and other democratic changes to the self-governed island despite missile launches and other fierce saber-rattling by China, died on Thursday at age 97. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwanese pay respects to former President Lee Teng-hui

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2008, file photo, Taiwan's former President Lee Teng-hui speaks during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at his home in Taipei, Taiwan. Local media are reporting that ex-Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, who oversaw the island’s transition to full democracy, has died. Lee was 97 and had largely dropped out of public life in his later years. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Former president who brought direct elections to Taiwan dies

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping is rumored to be engaged in a power struggle that has shifted rhetoric and heightened military readiness. (Associated Press/File)

China shows signs of hostility against U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2020, and released by the Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of National Defense, a Taiwanese Air Force F-16 in foreground flies on the flank of a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) H-6 bomber as it passes near Taiwan. (Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of National Defense via AP)

Taiwan says China sending planes near island almost daily

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Taiwan's AH-64E Apache attack helicopter launches flares during the 36th Han Kung military exercises in Taichung City, central Taiwan, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) ** FILE **

Taiwan holds military drills against potential China threat

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

Participants take selfies in the cabin during a mock trip abroad at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Dozens of would-be travelers acted as passengers in an activity organized by Taiwan’s Civil Aviation Administration to raise awareness of procedures to follow when passing through customs and boarding their plane at Taipei International Airport. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Would-be travelers in Taiwan live out dreams of flying again

Associated Press

Bucking China pressure, Taiwan, Somaliland establish ties

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Katharine Chang, right, chairperson of Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Ming-tong, minister of the Mainland Affairs Council, unveil the plaque of the Taiwan Hong Kong Service Exchange Office during an opening ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Taiwan officially opened the specialized office to support Hong Kong people seeking to move to Taiwan after China’s passage of a national security law for Hong Kong. (AP Photo /Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan opens Hong Kong migration office in rebuke to Beijing

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Taiwan unveils plan to help Hong Kongers looking to leave

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, mayor of Prague Zdenek Hrib, left, and Taipei city mayor Ko Wen-je shake hands before signing a partnership agreement between the two cities at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. Speaker of the upper house of the Czech Parliament Milos Vystrcil announced on Tuesday June 9, 2020, that he will visit Taiwan despite threats from China. Vystrcil said he would be accompanied by a business delegation on his visit that is preliminary scheduled to open on August 30. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Czech Senate speaker plans to visit Taiwan, angering China

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2020, file photo, a fan tries to cool off at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The Taiwan baseball league is continuing as a trailblazer for sports resuming after the lockdown in the coronavirus pandemic. An easing of restrictions by the government on Sunday, June 7, 2020 allows more fans at the ballparks and allows them to sit closer together while they’re supporting their teams in the Taiwan-based CPBL. Fans are only required to wear face masks when they're not in their seats and ball parks are allowed to be up to 50% capacity. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

More fans, fewer restrictions: Games go on Taiwan ballparks

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MARK 60 CAPTOR - Airmen from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron prepare to load a Mark 60 CAPTOR (encapsulated torpedo) anti-submarine mine onto a 42nd Bombardment Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft during Ghost Warrior, a joint Air Force/Navy exercise conducted during the base's conventional operational readiness inspection.

U.S. gearing up to sell Taiwan $180 million of torpedoes amid tension with China

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has been accused by Chinese media of promoting formal independence from Beijing. (Associated Press/File)

Even after Taiwan rejects Chinese rule, Beijing says reunification ‘inevitable’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about the coronavirus during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Mike Pompeo issues praise for Taiwan’s coronavirus response after exclusion from WHO assembly

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a meeting with President Donald Trump, senior military leaders and members of Trump's national security team in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Pompeo slams WHO for excluding Taiwan, claims China pressuring world body

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times