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US to quadruple troops deployed to Taiwan for secretive ‘training programme’

Report of US troop build up comes as ties with China plummeted after ‘spy’ balloon incident

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Friday 24 February 2023 11:37 GMT
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The US is quadrupling troops it deploys in Taiwan amid heightened tensions with China, according to a report.

The latest move comes amid a recent incident in which a Chinese balloon encroached US airspace and sparked a war of words between the superpowers over the issue of surveillance.

The US is now planning to deploy between 100-200 troops to the self-governed island in the coming months, a significant increase from roughly 30 a year ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing officials.

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