American troops – often presented as “English teachers” – are helping to boost the island’s army amid tensions with Beijing, Defense Minister Wellington Koo has revealed
The US and Taiwanese militaries are engaged in active but secretive on-site collaboration, according to Taipei’s defense minister, Wellington Koo. The message comes after US President Donald Trump put a hold on arms sales to the self-governed island, which has sparked alarm among pro-US countries in the region.
Speaking to a narrow circle of reporters on Friday, Koo stressed, as cited by the Wall Street Journal, that Taiwan’s collaboration with the US “is far closer than you might imagine.”
“The public sees only the...
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