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US bases in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan
The U.S. does not have official military bases in Taiwan. Washington has maintained only unofficial relations with Taiwan since 1979, and U.S. troops have not been permanently based there since then.
Full reasoning
This phrase is inaccurate because it treats Taiwan as hosting U.S. bases in the same way Japan and South Korea do.
The U.S. State Department says the United States has maintained unofficial relations with Taiwan since 1979 through the American Institute in Taiwan, not through normal official diplomatic or basing arrangements. Separately, TIME reported that U.S. troops have not been based permanently on Taiwan since 1979. There may be small numbers of U.S. personnel involved in training or advisory roles, but that is not the same thing as the U.S. having military bases in Taiwan.
So grouping Taiwan with Japan and South Korea as a place with "US bases" is misleading.
2 sources
- Taiwan International Travel Information
The United States maintains unofficial relations with the people on Taiwan through the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), a private, nonprofit corporation...
- U.S. Troops in Taiwan Add More Fuel to China-U.S. Tinderbox
U.S. troops have not been based permanently on Taiwan since 1979, when Washington established diplomatic relations with Beijing.