Newsweek: More Than 600 U.S. Personnel in Taiwan in Past Two Years: Defense Report
More than 600 Americans have visited Taiwan for government-sanctioned "military exchange programs" over the past two years, Taipei's biennial defense white paper revealed on Tuesday.
The United States is the island nation's strongest international backer and, under the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979, also sells Taipei defensive arms as it continues building up its forces to deter a hostile takeover by the People's Republic of China (PRC).
However, with no official diplomatic relations with Taiwan—officially called the Republic of China—American exchanges of a military nature, while considered an open secret, have remained low key, opaque and mostly confidential, despite the TRA's provisions to supply weapons and services to help Taipei maintain its self-defense capability.
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WNU Editor: The revelation that a total of 600 US troops have been in Taiwan through military exchange programs for the past two years is going to definitely result in a strong rebuke and threat from Beijing.
And adding fuel to the fire is this news today .... Jet carrying US senators, congressmen makes surprise visit to Taiwan (Taiwan News).
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Well, this is a perfect provocation. Why? A confrontation with China, even diplomatically, can show who is the boss. This is not negligible in the Asia world.
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