‘U.S. special forces quietly training Taiwanese troops’
The Hindu
"The U.S. should ... stop arms sales to Taiwan and U.S.-Taiwan military ties, so as not to seriously damage China-U.S. relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing.
U.S. special operations forces have been quietly training Taiwanese troops for months, a move which China warned on Friday could cause “serious harm” to relations between Washington and Beijing.
A contingent of around 20 special operations and conventional forces has been conducting the training for less than a year, the Pentagon official, who declined to be identified, said on Thursday, adding that some of the trainers rotate in and out.
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