US special forces quietly training Taiwanese: official

A US-made E2K Early Warning Aircraft (EWA) takes off from a motorway in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, during the annual Han Kuang drill in September 2021

US special operations forces have been quietly training Taiwanese troops for months, a move which China warned Friday could cause "serious harm" to relations between Washington and Beijing.

Taiwan media reported last November, citing Taiwan's Naval Command, that US troops had arrived there to train the island's marines and special forces in small-boat and amphibious operations.