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Paul Ryan says rest of the world should be more like Taiwan

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In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a military award ceremony at the Presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday, April 1, 2019. Taiwan said Monday its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the center line in the Taiwan Strait, and called China's move a provocation that seeks to alter the status quo in the waterway dividing the island from mainland China. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

EDITORIAL: Taiwan has been a faithful U.S. ally for 40 years

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on confronting China by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Sino-American conflict is aggravated by sovereignty issues in the Pacific Rim

By Gary Anderson

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Bolster Taiwan’s defenses now

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a military award ceremony at the Presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday, April 1, 2019. Taiwan said Monday its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the center line in the Taiwan Strait, and called China's move a provocation that seeks to alter the status quo in the waterway dividing the island from mainland China. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan protests China jets crossing center of Taiwan Strait

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 27, 2019 photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen toasts during a banquet in Honolulu, Hawaii. Speaking during the visit to Hawaii on Wednesday, Tsai said requests have been submitted to the U.S. for F-16V fighters and M1 Abrams tanks. If approved, the move could set off new tensions between the U.S. and China, which considers Taiwan its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP) **FILE**

In Taiwan, the ‘collusion’ narrative returns in a different form

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, March 27, 2019, photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, right, is greeted by supporters upon arriving in Hawaii. Speaking during the visit to Hawaii on Wednesday, Tsai said requests have been submitted to the U.S. for F-16V fighters and M1 Abrams tanks. If approved, the move could set off new tensions between the U.S. and China, which considers Taiwan its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan’s Tsai confirms request to buy new US fighters, tanks

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2019, file photo, U.S. Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, commander of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, gestures during an interview with a select group of journalists aboard the USS Blue Ridge, the U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship, while docked at Manila South Harbor in Manila, Philippines. Sawyer says the U.S. won't alter its so-called &quot;freedom of navigation&quot; sailings in the disputed South China Sea and has pressed ahead with such operations despite a dangerous maneuver by a Chinese navy ship against an American destroyer. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 11, 2002, file photo, pro-Taiwan supporters carry banners during a march of about 8,000 people asking the government to change the island's official name from the &quot;Republic of China&quot; to &quot;Taiwan,&quot; in Taipei, Taiwan. The residents of this self-governing island, with its vibrant and well-established democracy, seem as much inclined as ever to resist China’s demands despite rising political, economic and military threats from Beijing. (AP Photo/Jerome Favre, File)

Why U.S. policymakers must maintain close secure relations with Taiwan

By Ed Feulner

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2019, file photo, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during the New Year press conference in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan's official Central News Agency (CNA) reports that from Thursday, March 21 to March 28, Tsai is embarking on a tour of diplomatic allies in the Pacific that will end with a stopover in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan leader to tour Pacific allies, with Hawaii stopover

By YANAN WANG - Associated Press

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, and American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) director William Brent Christensen shakes hands during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Taiwan and the U.S. will hold talks later this year as part of efforts to counter growing pressure from Beijing to force the island into political unification with mainland China. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Taiwan, US plan new talks this year in rebuke to Beijing

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

A military band plays the national anthem during the closing session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

Premier: China will offer Taiwan ‘preferential policies’

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Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks to media during a press conference held in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Wu says Washington should be concerned for strategic reasons that Taiwan is losing its diplomatic allies in Latin America to rival China. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Taiwan cites US concerns over El Salvador-China relations

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FILE - In this March 21, 2017, file photo, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, center, along with Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan, right, and Secretary-General of National Security Council Joseph Wu, left, cheer with navy officers during a visit to Zuoying Naval base in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. China says attempts by Taiwan's government to block its goal of bringing the self-governing island under Beijing's control are like &quot;stretching out an arm to block a car.&quot; The new rhetorical broadside was launched late Tuesday, March 12, 2019 against Taiwanese President Tsai following her announcement of guidelines to counter China's &quot;one country, two systems&quot; framework for political unification with the island. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

China: Taiwan’s moves like ‘stretching arm to block a car’

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2014, file photo, a Taiwan Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off from a closed section of highway during the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Chiayi, central Taiwan. Taiwan's defense ministry says it has submitted an official request to purchase new fighter jets from the United States. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)

Taiwan applies to buy new fighter jets from US

By JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2003, file photo, a China Airlines Boeing 747-400 sits on the tarmac at the Chiang Kai-shek International airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Pilots from Taiwan's China Airlines have gone on strike during the Lunar New Year travel rush Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Taiwan, forcing the cancellation of 18 flights over coming days. (AP Photo/Jerome Favre, File)

Pilot strike at Taiwan’s China Airlines drags into 3rd day

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Pilots at Taiwanese liner strike during Lunar New Year rush

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2016, file photo, Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progress Party then-presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen waves to supporters during a campaign rally in the northern coastal town of Tamshui, Taiwan. The residents of this self-governing island are supporting their president Tsai as she stands up to China’s calls for unification with the mainland. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan backfires, as Tsai support surges

By RALPH JENNINGS and JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

In this Jan. 14, 2019, photo, the iconic sign of McDonald's restaurant stands outside a franchise in Wilkinsburg, Pa. Chinese nationalists are accusing a McDonald’s advertisement in Taiwan of supporting independence for the self-ruled island. The advertisement for a breakfast sandwich, broadcast only in Taiwan, shows a two-second glimpse of a woman’s identity card that lists her nationality as “Taiwan.” (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Chinese accuse McDonald’s of supporting Taiwan independence

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Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson talks to reporters on regional security issues in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The U.S. Navy’s top officer says he urged China to follow international rules at sea to avoid confrontations and insisted that ships should be able to pass safely though disputed areas of the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

U.S. considers sending aircraft carrier through Taiwan Strait

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times