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US warship sails through Taiwan Strait amid China tensions

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Large group of supporters greets Taiwan president in Denver

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In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen poses for photos in St. Lucia on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Tsai said she would follow &quot;humanitarian principles&quot; in dealing with asylum seekers from Hong Kong during a visit this week to Saint Lucia, an eastern Caribbean island nation that is among Taiwan's few remaining allies. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan says it will treat Hong Kong asylum seekers humanely

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Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, talks with reporters after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Michael McCaul: Taiwan purchase of U.S. weapons sends ‘very strong message to China’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Taiwan party picks mayor over ex-Foxconn chief for 2020 run

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-we, seated second from left, pose with participants at the U.S. Taiwan Business Summit, Friday July 12, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Taiwan defends US arms deal after China sanctions threat

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FILE - In this May 9, 2019, file photo, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. President Tsai Thursday, July 11, 2019, has departed for a four-country state visit to the Caribbean with stops in the United States on the way there and back. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan president heads to Caribbean with US stops

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Taiwanese president will not visit Wyoming this month

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In this Sunday, July 7, 2019, photo, Liao Qiang, right, and his daughter Ren Ruiting speak during an interview with The Associated Press at a church in Taipei, Taiwan. Liao arrived in Taiwan last week after fleeing China with five family members. They plan to seek asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Christian family details crackdown on church in China

By MICHELLE YUN - Associated Press

State Department proposes $2 billion sale of arms to Taiwan

By by LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Wyoming governor still hopeful Taiwan president will visit

By MEAD GRUVER - Associated Press

Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, the world’s largest contract assembler of consumer electronics, speaks to the media after the company's annual shareholders meeting in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Friday, June 21, 2019. Gou said he is stepping down amid speculation he could be planning a presidential run next year. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Foxconn chairman stepping down amid talks of political bid

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

EVA Air attendants strike halts flights for 1,000s in Taiwan

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In this May 30, 2019, photo, a pig is seen in a pen in My Duc district, Hanoi, Vietnam. Asian nations are scrambling to contain the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever with Vietnam culling 2.5 million pigs and China reporting more than a million dead in an unprecedentedly huge epidemic governments fear have gone out of control. (AP Photo/Hieu Dinh)

Millions of pigs culled as swine fever spreads through Asia

By HAU DINH and SAM McNEIL - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China. Kim’s fifth meeting with Xi continues his ambitious diplomatic outreach that has included summits with the leaders of the United States, South Korea and Russia in the past year and a half. Experts say Kim is attempting to form a united front with North Korea’s main ally China to strengthen his leverage in the stalled nuclear negotiations with the United States. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Xi’s NKorea visit a chance to strengthen ties, influence US

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this May 30, 2019, photo, the first team of Taiwan artillerywomen poses for the press during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan. Taiwan has confirmed Thursday, June 6, 2019, that it has asked to purchase more than 100 U.S. tanks, along with air defense and anti-tank missile systems in a major potential arms sale that could worsen frictions between Washington and Beijing. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

Defying China, U.S. to sell new tanks, anti-aircraft missiles to Taiwan in $2B deal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this May 30, 2019, photo, the first team of Taiwan artillerywomen poses for the press during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan. Taiwan has confirmed Thursday, June 6, 2019, that it has asked to purchase more than 100 U.S. tanks, along with air defense and anti-tank missile systems in a major potential arms sale that could worsen frictions between Washington and Beijing. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

Taiwan confirms request for US tanks, air defense systems

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FILE - In this June 2, 2019, file photo, Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe salutes attendees ahead of the fourth plenary session of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, in Singapore. China's defense minister has warned that its military will &quot;resolutely take action&quot; to defend Beijing's claims over self-ruled Taiwan and disputed South China Sea waters. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim, File)

Taiwan lashes back at Chinese defense minister’s threats

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A Taiwanese man takes a selfie with an inflatable tank man at the Liberty Square of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, June 1, 2019. An artist erected the inflatable display in Taiwan’s capital to mark an iconic moment in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. The larger-than-life balloon installation, which stands in front of Taipei’s famous hall, portrays a peaceful encounter between a Chinese civilian and the military tanks that contributed to a brutal shutdown of the demonstrations in Beijing on June 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Inflatable ‘Tank Man’ in Taiwan marks Tiananmen protests

By TAIJING WU - Associated Press

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, left, meets with China's Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe during a meeting on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Defense chief calls out China on tech theft, South China Sea

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press