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FILE -Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

FILE -Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

FILE- Palau President Surangel Whipps, third from left, and then Taiwan's Vice President William Lai, center, attend a ceremony of the opening of the Palau-Taiwan Travel Corridor in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

FILE- Palau President Surangel Whipps, third from left, and then Taiwan's Vice President William Lai, center, attend a ceremony of the opening of the Palau-Taiwan Travel Corridor in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)