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 a total of 150 military planes flew into the air defense zone around Taiwan, the democratic island Beijing has threatened to lay claim, by force if necessary. The intensity of Beijing’s sustained military harassment, beginning Oct. 1 as the regime celebrated its founding anniversary, continued for five days in a row with 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,” he added. The White House and the State Department have criticized the Chinese military activities, saying …