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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Let Taiwan attend summit

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, supporters of the Nationalist or KMT party pose with the Taiwanese flag during a rally for the presidential election in Taipei, Taiwan. About two-thirds of Taiwanese don't identify as Chinese, according to a survey released Tuesday, highlighting the challenge China faces to bringing the self-governing island under its control. The U.S.-based Pew Research Center found that 66 percent view themselves as Taiwanese, 28 percent as both Taiwanese and Chinese and 4 percent as just Chinese. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Poll: Taiwanese distance themselves from Chinese identity

Associated Press

This Friday, April 24, 2020, photo, shows Chinatrust Brothers players during a game against Fubon Guardians with no audience at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Taiwan’s five-team Chinese Professional Baseball League is barring spectators over concerns of spreading the coronavirus in a crowded space. But Taiwan has relatively few cases of COVID-19, so the league decided it was safe to let in players, coaches, cheerleaders, costumed mascots, face mask-wearing batboys and the media. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan baseball fans allowed inside stadium but sit apart

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

This Friday, April 24, 2020, photo shows encourage slogan on the stands with no audience at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Taiwan’s five-team Chinese Professional Baseball League is barring spectators over concerns of spreading the coronavirus in a crowded space. But Taiwan has relatively few cases of COVID-19, so the league decided it was safe to let in players, coaches, cheerleaders, costumed mascots, face mask-wearing batboys and the media. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan baseball league set to allow fans back in ballparks

Associated Press

In this image made from a video, Taiwan's Health Minister Chen Shih-chung speaks at a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Taiwan’s exclusion from the upcoming World Health Assembly would harm the global response to the coronavirus pandemic and cannot be excused by mere rules of procedure, Chen said on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Taiwan makes new push for inclusion in World Health Assembly

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

US tweets support for Taiwan, sparking opposition from China

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Lam Wing-kee, center, founder of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay Book shop speaks to journalists in Taipei Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Lam was attacked by an unidentified man who threw red paint at him on Tuesday morning in Taipei. According to police, an unknown man in mask and dark clothes suddenly came to throw red paint at Lam while he was alone at a coffee shop. (EBC via AP)

Hong Kong bookstore under attack in China reopens in Taiwan

By Associated Press - Associated Press

This photo shows a slogan reading ''Add Oil for You. Add Oil for Taiwan. Forward Epidemic Prevention'' on the Stadium stands with no audience at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Friday, April 24, 2020. ''Add oil'' means Chinese-language line of encouragement. Taiwan's five-team Chinese Professional Baseball League is barring spectators over concerns they would spread the deadly coronavirus, meaning games are played with plastic seats void of fans. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Baseball in full swing in Taiwan, even in empty stadiums

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

A vendor wears face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus and waits for customers at a night market in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan protests WHO leader’s accusations of racist campaign

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

Vendors wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus and wait for customers at a night market in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan rises to coronavirus challenge despite Beijing’s hostility

By Daniel N. Hoffman

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they pray at the popular Longshan Temple in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, March 12, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Johns Hopkins coronavirus map infected by China-Taiwan standoff

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A view of the empty Dacia Arena stadium in Udine, Northern Italy, prior to the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Fiorentina, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A view of the empty Juventus stadium, as a measure against coronavirus contagion, prior to the Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Inter, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most schools, sports competitions and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most schools, sports competitions and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A woman jogs outside San Siro stadium where a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Genoa was supposed to take place but was instead postponed to May 13, 2020, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 1, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed, and sporting events were canceled.(Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press