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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center, waves before an offshore anti-terrorism drill outside the Kaohsiung harbor in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Saturday, June 10, 2023. President Tsai on Saturday said the self-ruled island would work to improve its rescue and defense capabilities with new technologies, stressing that strengthening Taiwan is key to maintaining peace. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan president pledges to strengthen island’s defense capability with new technologies

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Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton waves at the 40th-anniversary celebration of Formosan Association for Public Affairs in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan’s president hopes to deepen U.S. security exchanges

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday, April 9, 2023. China's military declared Monday it is "ready to fight" after completing three days of large-scale combat exercises around Taiwan that simulated sealing off the island in response to the Taiwanese president's trip to the U.S. last week. (An Ni/Xinhua via AP)

Taiwan’s Tsai says China not being ‘responsible’ with drills

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this image made from video footage made available Sunday, April 9, 2023, by China's CCTV, Chinese navy ships take part in a military drill in the Taiwan Strait. China’s military sent several dozen warplanes and 11 warships toward Taiwan in a display of force directed at the self-ruled island, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Monday, April 10, after China launched large-scale military drills in retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and Taiwan's President. (CCTV via AP, File)

China’s military ‘ready to fight’ after drills near Taiwan

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, shakes hands with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen after delivering statements to the press after a Bipartisan Leadership Meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

McCarthy’s meeting with Taiwan leader follows fears Pelosi’s visit made the island less secure

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a joint press conference with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

China vows ‘forceful’ measures after U.S.-Taiwan meeting

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Taiwan’s president speaks to her island’s safety on U.S. stop

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 10, 2022. China has threatened “resolute countermeasures” over a planned meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Speaker of the United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during an upcoming visit in Los Angeles by the head of the self-governing island democracy. On April 5, 2023, Tsai’s expected to stop in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan leader’s U.S. meeting plans draw Chinese threat

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In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks by phone with the Czech Republic's President elect Petr Pavel in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 30, 2023. The Biden administration has been stressing to Beijing that an expected unofficial visit to the United States by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen should not be used as pretext by Beijing to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

U.S. tells China a Taiwan president stopover is ‘nothing new’

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during an announcement of the extension of the island's compulsory military service in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, Tsai said Tuesday, as the self-ruled island faces China's military, diplomatic and trade pressure. (AP Photo/Huizhong Wu)

Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

A supporter wears a mask patterned with the Taiwan national flag and slogan reading &quot;Taiwan is awesome&quot; during an election campaign in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Taiwan will hold local elections on November 26. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan president resigns as party leader after election loss

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, right, poses for photos with Keiji Furuya, an ultra-conservative who heads a Japan-Taiwan parliamentarians group, in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Taiwan's president invoked an armed conflict from 1958 as an example of the island's resolve to defend itself while she met Tuesday with more foreign visitors amid the highest tensions with China in decades. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan’s Tsai says self-defense resolve cannot be shaken

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Chinese paramilitary policemen march past the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China, which quickly announced that it would conduct military maneuvers in retaliation for her presence. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beijing increases tensions over Pelosi’s Taipei visit with military drills surrounding Taiwan

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, greets Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., as he arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, April 14, 2022. A delegation of six U.S. lawmakers led by Republican Lindsey Graham from South Carolina arrived in Taiwan on Thursday for a two-day visit that has already been denounced by China. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

China stages military exercises as US lawmakers visit Taiwan

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center, speaks with military personnel near aircraft parked on a highway in Jiadong, Taiwan, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Four military aircraft landed on the highway and took off again on Wednesday as part of Taiwan's five-day Han Guang military exercise designed to prepare the island's forces for an attack by China, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP) ** FILE **

Taiwan’s president confirms U.S. troop presence

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Taiwanese soldiers salute during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

‘Must be fulfilled’: Xi Jinping calls for Taiwan annexation as tensions rise

By Bill Gertz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Palau President Surangel Whipps, right, and Taiwan's Vice President William Lai, left, attend a ceremony of opening of the Palau-Taiwan Travel Corridor in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The Palau-Taiwan Travel Corridor, which allows people to travel between the islands without a COVID-19 quarantine, will start on April 1. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Palau president visits Taiwan despite Chinese pressure

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Taiwan President Tsai visits naval base amid Chinese threats

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People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Tsai credits Taiwan for virus wins, notes China’s threats

Associated Press

Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Tang told the AP that Taiwan plans to create an independent agency to enforce digital privacy, tackling an increasingly urgent issue as countries step up surveillance during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

AP Interview: Digital minister says Taiwan to guard privacy

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press