US media reported that the US army is planning to greater than quadruple the scale of the troops it has despatched to Taiwan to assist practice Taiwanese troops final yr. Strong opposition from China is anticipated if the United States additional strengthens its engagement with Taiwan.
On the twenty third, the Wall Street Journal, a number one American newspaper, quoted a number of US authorities officers as saying, “The US military will deploy 100 to 200 troops within the next few months to help train the Taiwanese military. We are planning to send him to Taiwan.”
Last yr, about 30 folks have been dispatched, so the size of this yr is deliberate to be greater than 4 instances that of final yr.
It is anticipated to be the biggest deployment of US troops to Taiwan in many years.