Pentagon No Longer Lists Foreign Troops On Taiwan As A Trigger For A Conflict With China

U.S. Army Green Berets with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), descend on a drop zone alongside members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force after flying from Yokota Air Base, Japan as part of Exercise Forager 21 on July 30. Taiwan officials have said that U.S. forces have trained Taiwanese counterparts in Guam, and a contingent of Green Berets are believed to train Taiwanese forces on their own island. © Specialist Thoman Johnson/U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office  

Newsweek: U.S. No Longer Lists Foreign Troops on Taiwan as Trigger for China Conflict  

The latest Pentagon report on the Chinese military has omitted the scenario of foreign troops being deployed on Taiwan in a list of actions that the U.S. military assessed would trigger conflict from China. 

The development comes amid media reports and statements from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen suggesting that a small contingent of U.S. forces were already present on the self-ruling island, stirring anger from Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory. 

The document, called the "Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China," was published Wednesday, marking the latest installment of an annual series that has run since 2000, with the only exception being the year 2001.  

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