TAIPEI –
U.S. officials have long viewed their country as a power in the Pacific, with troops and arsenals at a handful of bases in the region since just after World War II.
But the Biden administration says that is no longer good enough to thwart what it sees as the biggest threat to the democratic island of Taiwan — a Chinese invasion that could succeed within days.
Since the start of his administration, President Joe Biden has pursued a strategy to expand U.S. military access to bases in allied countries in the Asia-Pacific region and deploy a range of new weapons systems there. He also said the US military would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion.
