Some Republican lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to reaffirm U.S. support for Taiwan amid escalating Chinese military provocations. Tensions have ratcheted up over the past week, as China has sent a total of 150 military planes into the air defense zone around Taiwan, the democratically governed island that Beijing views as a breakaway province and hasn’t ruled out the use of force to achieve unification. The intensity of Beijing’s sustained military harassment, beginning Oct. 1 as the regime celebrated its founding anniversary, continued for five consecutive days in a record-breaking show of force, drawing anxiety both in Taiwan and abroad about a possible Chinese attack. “The Chinese Communist Party’s encroachment of Taiwan’s airspace is inexcusable,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told The Epoch Times. “President Biden must respond to this aggression and reaffirm the United States’ commitment to our friends in Taiwan.” The White House and the State Department have …