Secret group of US military trainers has been in Taiwan for at least a year
by Julian Borger in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#5QFDT)
Small contingent of US special forces and marines training local forces in latest sign of rising US-China tensions
The US has been secretly maintaining a small contingent of military trainers in Taiwan for at least a year, according to a new report, the latest sign of the rising stakes in US-China rivalry.
About two dozen US special forces soldiers and an unspecified number of marines are now training Taiwanese forces, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The trainers were first sent to Taiwan by the Trump administration but their presence had not been reported until now.
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