Journalists tour the new office complex of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) during a dedication ceremony in Taipei on June 12, 2018. US personnel will be deployed there to serve as security guards. Photo: AFP Journalists tour the new office complex of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) during a dedication ceremony in Taipei on June 12, 2018. US personnel will be deployed there to serve as security guards. Photo: AFP
Journalists tour the new office complex of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) during a dedication ceremony in Taipei on June 12, 2018. US personnel will be deployed there to serve as security guards. Photo: AFP

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US sending American personnel to guard its de facto embassy in Taiwan

State Department declines to say whether marines will be stationed in uniform at American Institute in Taiwan, the informal US embassy in Taipei

Topic |   Taiwan
Zhenhua Lu
Zhenhua Lu

Updated: 3:43pm, 30 Aug, 2018

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Journalists tour the new office complex of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) during a dedication ceremony in Taipei on June 12, 2018. US personnel will be deployed there to serve as security guards. Photo: AFP Journalists tour the new office complex of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) during a dedication ceremony in Taipei on June 12, 2018. US personnel will be deployed there to serve as security guards. Photo: AFP
Journalists tour the new office complex of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) during a dedication ceremony in Taipei on June 12, 2018. US personnel will be deployed there to serve as security guards. Photo: AFP
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