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US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, arrives for the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

New Cold War? U.S., China defense chiefs square off in Singapore

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi talks to media in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 23, 2022. The United States signed a trade agreement Thursday, June 1, 2023, with Taiwan over opposition from China, which claims the self-ruled island democracy as part of its territory. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

U.S., Taiwan sign trade deal over China’s opposition

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning gestures during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng, File)

China criticizes U.S. plan for trade deal with Taiwan

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Former Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a speech on the second day of her five-day visit in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying)

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss warns of China threats during Taiwan visit

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New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi delivers a speech during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Taiwan's Nationalist Party has selected the current New Taipei City mayor Hou, as their candidate in the upcoming presidential elections next year. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan opposition party picks New Taipei mayor, a former police chief, as its presidential candidate

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives to testify during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget request of the Department of Defense, Thursday, May 11, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin outlines Pentagon’s plan to deter war with China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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)

China says ready to ‘smash’ Taiwan self-rule as U.S. prepares major arms package, sends advisers

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Taiwanese soldiers fold the national flag during the daily flag ceremony at the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

Taiwan tries to cool down Washington war talk on China

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Taiwan's chief U.S. envoy Bi-khim Hsiao speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Taiwan ambassador: China a threat, but island still open for business

By Bill Gertz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang speaks during the forum titled Chinese Modernization and the World held at The Grand Halls in Shanghai, on April 21, 2023. China’s foreign minister told the U.S. ambassador on Monday, May 8, 2023, that Washington is responsible for the downturn in relations between the two countries and must “reflect deeply” before ties can return to a healthy track, an official said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China tells U.S. to ‘reflect deeply’ over downturn in ties

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang speaks during the forum titled Chinese Modernization and the World held at The Grand Halls in Shanghai, on April 21, 2023. China’s foreign minister told the U.S. ambassador on Monday, May 8, 2023, that Washington is responsible for the downturn in relations between the two countries and must “reflect deeply” before ties can return to a healthy track, an official said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China’s FM reprimands U.S., says ‘top priority’ is to stabilize relations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A security guard stands near a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag at the Museum of the Communist Party of China on May 26, 2022, in Beijing. China’s military flew 38 fighter jets and other warplanes near Taiwan, the Taiwanese defense ministry said Friday, April 28, 2023, in the largest such flight display since the large military exercise in which it simulated sealing off the island earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

China’s disinformation successes causing policy paralysis

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Taiwan Trade Minister John Chen-Chung Deng speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at Willard Hotel's Café du Parc, in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Taiwan trade chief warns against ‘unnecessary fear’ of China

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

An overview of the Swiss parliament in Bern, Switzerland, Sept. 15, 2014. Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has voted to tighten ties with the legislature in Taiwan, a move that could further rankle China after recent visits by Western lawmakers to the island. The Swiss National Council voted 97-87 with eight abstentions late Tuesday, May 2, 2023, to instruct parliamentary offices to “strengthen” relations with Taiwan’s Yuan legislature. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP, File)

Swiss lower house approves closer ties to Taiwan legislature

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by Sky News Australia, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks in an interview in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 28, 2023. Taiwan intends to fight for itself in any armed conflict with China and is unclear as to what countries might stand beside it, the self-governing island's foreign minister said. (Sky News Australia via AP)

Unclear who would help Taiwan in a war: foreign minister

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