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Taiwanese airmen applaud as they listen to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speak during her visit to the Penghu Magong military air base in outlying Penghu Island, Taiwan Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Tsai visited the military base on one of Taiwan’s outlying islands Tuesday in a display of resolve following a recent show of force by rival China. (AP Photo/Wu Huizhong)

Taiwan’s Tsai visits base following Chinese show of force

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, right, meets James K.J. Lee, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, for lunch at a restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

US envoy to United Nations meets with Taiwan official in NY

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Taiwan’s Tsai emphasizes defense amid growing China threat

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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has been accused by Chinese media of promoting formal independence from Beijing. (Associated Press/File)

Even after Taiwan rejects Chinese rule, Beijing says reunification ‘inevitable’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen celebrates her victory with supporters in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan urges China to release all information on new virus

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Teng Biao, a Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist who now lives in the U.S, speaks during a forum in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Chinese pro-democracy activists who traveled to Taiwan to observe its presidential election said Sunday that the re-election of independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen gave them cause for hope despite Beijing's quashing of dissent on the mainland. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach)

China democracy activists cheered by Taiwan election results

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Supporters of Han Kuo-yu, Taiwan's 2020 presidential election candidate of the KMT or Nationalist Party, pass under a giant Taiwanese flag during a campaign rally in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung city on Friday, Jan 10, 2020. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP Explains: Taiwan’s election and its standoff with China

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, photo, supporters of Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's President and the 2020 presidential election candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), cheer during an election campaign rally in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu province. A year ago, the Taiwan leader was on the ropes. Now President Tsai appears poised to win a second four-year term in elections this Saturday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China crackdown in Hong Kong upends Taiwan election

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Supporters of Han Kuo-yu, Taiwan's 2020 presidential election candidate for the KMT or Nationalist Party, attend a campaign rally in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan. 11. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Taiwan president urges voters to turn out, uphold democracy

By TAIJING WU and ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

In this image made from video, emergency teams work at the crash site of a military helicopter in the mountains of Yilan, north eastern Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. The defense ministry has confirmed Taiwan's top military officer Gen. Shen Yi-ming and others were killed in a crash of an air force helicopter. (Yilan Fire Bureau via AP)

Taiwan defense officials meet after crash kills top officer

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In this image made from a video, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen gives an annual New Year's statement to the media in Taipei, Taiwan Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (APTN via AP)

Taiwan’s Tsai defends Anti-Infiltration Law aimed at China

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Taiwan's 2020 presidential election candidate Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) speaks during a televised policy debate in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. Taiwan will hold its general elections on Jan. 11, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Taiwan president: Island’s democracy under threat from China

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