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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a fighter takes off during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island carried out by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Nanjing in eastern China on April 8, 2023. Taiwan's incoming president is promising more of the same. The question is what that will bring, not only for Taiwan but also for its relations with China, the United States and others with an interest in the island of 23 million people that supplies many of the advanced semiconductors that keep the world running. (Wang Zixiao/Xinhua via AP, File)

History As It Happens: Beyond Taiwan

By Martin Di Caro

Two soldiers fold the national flag during the daily flag ceremony in Liberty Square of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 30, 2022. Taiwan said Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 that six Chinese balloons either flew over the island or through airspace just north of it, while Chinese warplanes and navy ships were also detected in the area. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

Taiwan says 6 Chinese balloons flew through its airspace and warplanes and ships also detected

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Taiwan not part of mainland China illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Taiwan has never been part of mainland China

By Mike Pompeo

Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, center, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao, right, and supporters in Taipei, Taiwan on Jan. 13, 2024. Taiwan's incoming president is promising more of the same. The question is what that will bring, not only for Taiwan but also for its relations with China, the United States and others with an interest in the island of 23 million people that supplies many of the advanced semiconductors that keep the world running. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

What a new president in Taiwan means for the island, China, the US and the world

By Emily Wang Fujiyama - Associated Press

FILE - Children wave Danish flags as they celebrate Denmark's Queen Margrethe's birthday, in Fredensborg, Denmark, on April 16, 2021. Norway's top body for international adoptions on Tuesday recommended a halt to all adoptions from abroad for a two-year period pending an investigation into several allegedly illegal cases, while Denmark's sole overseas adoption agency announced it was stopping for the same concerns. (Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Norway considers halting overseas adoptions as Denmark’s only international agency winds down work

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

In this photo released by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), from left, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, former U.S. National security adviser Stephen Hadley, Taiwanese Vice-President and President-elect Lai Ching-te, who goes by William, Taiwanese Vice-President elect Bi-khim Hsiao, Director of the American Institute pose for a photo in Taiwan Sandra Oudkirk and Chair of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Laura Rosenberger pose for photos at the DPP headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Retired U.S. officials have met with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and praised the island's democratic process that produced a new president-elect and legislature over the weekend in defiance of China's claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and threat to annex it by military force. (Democratic Progressive Party via AP)

Stung China warns as U.S. delegation meets Taiwanese President-elect Lai

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Supporters of Taiwan's 2024 presidential election candidate, Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, cheer after Lai's victory, in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election and his opponents have conceded. The result of Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary election will chart the trajectory of relations with China over the next four years. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) ** FILE **

‘High winds, strong waves’: China hammered by Taiwan election blowback

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, left, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. The Ruling-party candidate has emerged victorious in Taiwan's presidential election and his opponents have conceded. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Ruling DPP, the party with strongest stance against China, easily wins Taiwan election

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Poll officers seal ballot boxes at the end of voting in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Polls closed Saturday after Taiwanese cast their votes for a new president and legislature in an election that could chart the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy's relations with China over the next four years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Ruling-party candidate emerges victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election

By Christopher Bodeen and Simina Minstreau - Associated Press

Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, left, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday and his opponents conceded, a result that will chart the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s relations with China over the next four years. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Taiwan president-elect Lai Ching-te has steered the island toward democracy and away from China

By Simina Mistreanu and Adam Schreck - Associated Press

Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, left, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. The Ruling-party candidate emerged victorious in Taiwan's presidential election on Saturday and his opponents conceded, a result that will chart the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy's relations with China over the next four years. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Democracy thrives in Taiwan, the U.S. must stand strong to defend it

By Rep. Michael Gallagher

Supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Lai Ching-te, who also goes by William, attend a rally in southern Taiwan's Tainan city on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 ahead of the presidential election on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

As Taiwanese head to the polls, will voters reject or embrace China?

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Protecting Taiwan illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Which countries should stand up for Taiwan, and when

By Ted Yoho

Taiwan's Nationalist Party presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih, center, shakes hands with reporters during an international press conference in New Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

China looms over Taiwan’s voters in final days of heated election

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Taiwan Vice President and Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate William Lai, center, delivers a speech during an election campaign in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

U.S. looks for Chinese meddling in Taiwan vote; ‘Gray zone’ tacties serve as preview

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo proved by the Defense Department, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Michael Chase hosts delegates from China for the annual U.S.-PRC Defense Policy Coordination Talks at the Pentagon, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. U.S. and Chinese military officers have resumed talks that were frozen after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in 2022. It's a development U.S. officials have said is key to keeping the growing competition between the two great powers from turning into direct conflict. (Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/U.S. Navy via AP)

No breakthroughs seen as Pentagon-China direct talks resume after freeze

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Protesters against the Chinese Communist Party dress up to depict authoritarian China and Winnie the Pooh representing Chinese President Xi Jinping, dressed as an emperor, and holding a Taiwan island cardboard cutout colored with the Taiwan flag in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Using military threats, diplomatic pressure, fake news and financial inducements for politicians, China is deploying a broad strategy to influence voters in Taiwan’s elections to pick candidates who favor unification. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s shadowy information-manipulation tactics aimed to erode Taiwan’s faith in democracy

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Military salute at the Chinese flag during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

China makes preparations for a war that the Pentagon says is not inevitable

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A TV monitor in Taipei, Taiwan flashes news that a satellite launched from China passed over southern Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Taiwan’s defense ministry issued an alert Tuesday saying China has launched a satellite and urging caution days before the island's elections. (Kyodo News via AP)

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry mistranslates an alert, erroneously saying China launched a missile

By Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

A Switchblade 600 loitering missile drone manufactured by AeroVironment is displayed at the Eurosatory arms show in Villepinte, north of Paris, on June 14, 2022. China announced sanctions Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 on five American defense-related companies in response to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and U.S sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

China sanctions 5 U.S. defense companies in response to U.S. sanctions and arms sales to Taiwan

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press