US to Expand Troop Presence in Taiwan for Training

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Nancy A Youssef and Gordon Lubold, Beijing has been unnerved by the US and Taiwan's greater coordination. Wall Street Journal, Feb 24, 2023, at page A1 (top report)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s ... ina-threat-62198a83
("The US plans to deploy between 100 and 200 troops to the island in the coming months, up from roughly 30 there a year ago")

Excerpt in the window of print: Beijing has been unnerved by the US and Taiwan's greater coordination.

Note: "According to the Defense Manpower Data Center, which produces quarterly reports on the US presence worldwide, 30 US troops were deployed in Taiwan as of spring 2022, dwindling to 26 by last summer and 23 as of the fall."

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