China FM Spox: US Should Pull Troops From Taiwan

Wires and social media reporting comments attributed to Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijan stating that the US should withdraw its troops from Taiwan. Comes after revelations emerged that US marines and special forces has been training Taiwanese troops on the island.

• Cross-strait tensions have risen notably over the past week, with China increasing its military aircraft incursions into Taiwanese air space to record levels for four days in a row.
• Taiwan's gov't has stated that it will 'defend freedom at all cost' as fears grow of a potential Chinese invasion of the island. Some of the more hawkish estimates have judged Beijing capable of an assault on Taiwan anywhere from 3 years to a decade.